Re: [Emc-users] More Renishaw questions

2017-03-26 Thread Jon Elson
On 03/26/2017 04:23 AM, Dave Caroline wrote: > I have tried a SFH213 Photodiode with a comparator but it is a bit > fiddly and not that sensitive, will try a QSE159 when it arrives. > > I don't know exactly what they are doing, the data sheet is pretty sparse on details, but it seems they must

Re: [Emc-users] More Renishaw questions

2017-03-26 Thread Dave Caroline
I have tried a SFH213 Photodiode with a comparator but it is a bit fiddly and not that sensitive, will try a QSE159 when it arrives. Dave Caroline -- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most

Re: [Emc-users] More Renishaw questions

2017-03-25 Thread Jon Elson
On 03/23/2017 02:09 PM, Ken Strauss wrote: > I haven't managed to find an OMM + MI7 for an affordable price (this is only > a hobby). My current plan (hope) is to build the equivalent of an OMM. I > assume that what is required is something like a Vishay TEMD1000 photodiode > feeding a TIA and

Re: [Emc-users] More Renishaw questions

2017-03-24 Thread Ken Strauss
keep us informed of any web details. > -Original Message- > From: Dave Caroline [mailto:dave.thearchiv...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, March 24, 2017 12:01 AM > To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] More Renishaw questions > > Ken I have a LT02

Re: [Emc-users] More Renishaw questions

2017-03-23 Thread Dave Caroline
Ken I have a LT02 and that is switched on by a just about any infrared pulse waveform and the return appears to be 115k baud optical, I am building my own OMM with an arduino MI as soon as I get around to it, had to get a fast opto diode an opto transistor I first obtained was deaf and too slow

Re: [Emc-users] More Renishaw questions

2017-03-23 Thread andy pugh
On 23 March 2017 at 18:28, Ken Strauss wrote: > >From postings on this list earlier this year I believe that Sarah Armstrong > and Rene Hopf (and perhaps others) have had some success interfacing to a > Renishaw MP10 or similar probe. I recently got an MP7 so I'm very

Re: [Emc-users] More Renishaw questions

2017-03-23 Thread Ken Strauss
troller (EMC) > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] More Renishaw questions > > Do you have an OMI, or are you trying to connect directly with your own? > > On Thu, Mar 23, 2017 at 2:28 PM, Ken Strauss <ken.stra...@sympatico.ca> > wrote: > > > >From postings on this list earl

Re: [Emc-users] More Renishaw questions

2017-03-23 Thread Erik Friesen
Do you have an OMI, or are you trying to connect directly with your own? On Thu, Mar 23, 2017 at 2:28 PM, Ken Strauss wrote: > >From postings on this list earlier this year I believe that Sarah > Armstrong > and Rene Hopf (and perhaps others) have had some success

[Emc-users] More Renishaw questions

2017-03-23 Thread Ken Strauss
>From postings on this list earlier this year I believe that Sarah Armstrong and Rene Hopf (and perhaps others) have had some success interfacing to a Renishaw MP10 or similar probe. I recently got an MP7 so I'm very interested. Can anyone provide details of the electronics that they used used