Re: Hand held pendant

Dan,

Try a track ball or finger ball instead of mouse.

keith

Dan Mauch wrote:

> From: "Dan Mauch" <dmauch@...>
>
> I bought one of those quadrature encoder to step and direction adapters from
> www.usdgital.com I got the P-84-4 which is the size of a finger nail. It
> plugs into an HEDS type encoder and provides step and direction output. They
> sell for $16. I put one on a motor that had a 200 CPR encoder and connected
> the step and direction output to a stepper motor driver. It worked slick. I
> simply turned the encoder one direction or the other and the stepper motor
> followed .
> I turned it at various speeds and it followed. Just like a real low cost
> servo system with HIC ( Human Interface Control) :)
>
> I also tried a 2000 CPR however it was too fast for the the stepper. So I
> could see using one of those $14 encoders from Brigard's for another kind of
> manual control of a cnc system. It looks like a 400DPI mouse may even work.
> My self, I have had several controllers that I designed that used a manaul
> pendant. Other than for flycutting they're not that handy.
>
> Dan
>
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