Re: [Emc-users] 5I25-7i76 encoder output

2018-10-28 Thread Chris Albertson
hanced Machine Controller (EMC)" > > > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] 5I25-7i76 encoder output > > > > On Sun, Oct 28, 2018 at 5:15 AM andy pugh wrote: > > > > The Mesa Encoder uses both methods combined = delta_counts/delta_time, so > for > example if you have

Re: [Emc-users] 5I25-7i76 encoder output

2018-10-28 Thread andy pugh
On Sun, 28 Oct 2018 at 17:43, Chris Albertson wrote: > Then perhpas this is the wrong method. An important point here, that I thought I had addressed, is that it doesn't really matter. -- atp "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is designed for the especial use of

Re: [Emc-users] 5I25-7i76 encoder output

2018-10-28 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Sun, 28 Oct 2018, Chris Albertson wrote: Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2018 10:41:14 -0700 From: Chris Albertson Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" Subject: Re: [Emc-users] 5I25-7i76 encoder output On Sun, Oct 28, 2018

Re: [Emc-users] 5I25-7i76 encoder output

2018-10-28 Thread Chris Albertson
On Sun, Oct 28, 2018 at 5:15 AM andy pugh wrote: > On Sun, 28 Oct 2018 at 07:17, Chris Albertson > wrote: > > > Or switch to the other method. Rather then count "ticks" you count the > > microseconds between the ticks. > > The Mesa encoder counter already does this. > Then perhpas this is

Re: [Emc-users] 5I25-7i76 encoder output

2018-10-28 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Sat, 27 Oct 2018, Alan Condit wrote: Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2018 18:46:59 -0700 From: Alan Condit Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" To: "Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net" Subject: [Emc-users] 5I25-7i76 encoder output I have a homemade encoder on my lathe s

Re: [Emc-users] 5I25-7i76 encoder output

2018-10-28 Thread andy pugh
On Sun, 28 Oct 2018 at 07:17, Chris Albertson wrote: > Or switch to the other method. Rather then count "ticks" you count the > microseconds between the ticks. The Mesa encoder counter already does this. It may be that the home-made encoder does actually have some angular noise, so the

Re: [Emc-users] 5I25-7i76 encoder output

2018-10-28 Thread Chris Albertson
> , > that I was able to run the P-Gain from 3 on up to the 20-40 area. > Spindle speed control is so accurate that until the chirp of the current > limit of the pwm-servo I'm driving that motor to around the 2 hp mark > with, I have no clue that its working that hard. So I would highly >

Re: [Emc-users] 5I25-7i76 encoder output

2018-10-28 Thread Chris Albertson
I've seen this too. non-constant RPM when you know the rotating mass has enough inertia that the RPM can change so fast. What I found is that the resolution of measuring the encoder is low and what I see is quantization noise.This means I'm not sampling with enough bits. You are sampling to

Re: [Emc-users] 5I25-7i76 encoder output

2018-10-27 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 27 October 2018 21:46:59 Alan Condit wrote: > I have a homemade encoder on my lathe spindle. I am feeding the > encoder outputs into the encoder spindle inputs on the 7I76. The > reported rpm seems to be fluctuating wildly. I want to look at the > signals to see if the width of the

[Emc-users] 5I25-7i76 encoder output

2018-10-27 Thread Alan Condit
I have a homemade encoder on my lathe spindle. I am feeding the encoder outputs into the encoder spindle inputs on the 7I76. The reported rpm seems to be fluctuating wildly. I want to look at the signals to see if the width of the signals is about the same for the index on time and for channel