Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Increasing DRO resolution

paul_norton2001 wrote:

>This has probably been dealt with before but I can't find it in the
>archive.
>It has been said on this group that encoders should, ideally, have
>a resolution 10 times greater than that which you wish to display.
>Therefore to display measurements down to 0.0005" (½ thou.) the
>resolution of the decoder would have to detect movement of 0.00005".
>Art Eckstein shows on his webpage http://ns1.dicomm.net/~axtein/ how
>he used mechanical advantage to double the resolution of his system
>when using rotary encoders.
>Has anyone succesfully adopted Art's system but, instead of driving
>the encoder directly, driven it by a precision toothed belt to give
>a mechanical advantage of say 10:1?
>
>

I think this applies more to CNC motion control systems rather than DROs.

Jon