RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] rotary hand encoder wheels with detent

ok..ok.ok.... having a thought here (ou! ouch!). could you attach a rotary
switch TO a gecko 210, to adjust its multiplier settings? then you could
send the encoder infromation from the JOG knob TO the microchip to make
step/direction pulses, AND select HOW much you want to move incrimentally
(typing too fast to spell, sorry)... the multiplier switch could be
activated by the 'automatic/manual jog' switch, so as to not mess up your
program if you want to resume...etc... or not if you like the functionality!
---Dave L.

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From: pentam@... [mailto:pentam@...]
Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 6:49 PM
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Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] rotary hand encoder wheels with detent



Alan Marconett KM6VV wrote:

> Are you saying that the pulse generating hand wheels
> actually have some force feedback, or that you can
> feel the steps (detents?) of the encoder? So once
> zeroed, their scales remain accurate to position,
> just like a manual mill?

How about just using a big knob connected to a small
dual shaft NEMA 17 or NEMA 23 stepper motor (to give
the quality 'feel' of detents), and add an encoder to
the back of the stepper for feedback to the computer.

The stepper motor is not connected up, its just there
to add the 'feel'.....

If the encoder has the same resolution as the steps
of the motor, so much the better.

Here is an improvement: I just grabbed a slo-syn NEMA23
200 step stepper off the the shelf (this one is dual stack)
to 'feel' it, and it does feel nice.. those little
detents just whip off...

However, shorting some of the leads causes the motor to
be difficult to turn (this is no surprise), so much so
that individual steps can be felt and almost counted! ..
it is hard to turn it more than 10 or 15 steps/second....
so that it would be easy to rotate into a given particular
spot without overshooting it. Thus maybe a pushbutton
should be placed on the panel somewhere to put the
'encoder wheel' into this mode for
'sneaking up' to a precise position.

Everybody try this at home with your spare steppers!

Also note that the real cheap 7.5 degree or 15 degree
steppers could also be used, if you wanted 'big hops'
between steps, instead of little mini ones.

Doug Fortune
http://www.cncKITS.com


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