Re: Great deal on rotary encoders

----- Original Message -----

>> Using the same logic, what would happen if we took the HEDS units
>> that are for the 2048 CPR encoder disks, and had USD make up linear
>> strips to match? I haven't taken the time to sit down and do the
>> math to determine the required linear spacing to work with an 11mm
>> codewheel, but I'm guessing it's pretty small. If the resulting
>> quadrature output gets us past the magical .0005 resolution, I'd be
>> willing to kick in cash to pay for USD's tooling costs (about $200
>> IIRC).

I did some of the calculations and if I worked it out correctly the LPI for
this encoder is 354.5 So, using the 10% tolerance it looks as if the US
Digital 360 LPI strips are the ticket and no one has to pay for tooling.

Now, who can check this out??

Tim
[Denver, CO]