Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Subject: Re: oscilloscope for CNC

Do you think it would be possible to plot "In Realtime", a temperature
graph of sorts, as your milling? If so, that would be pretty neato.
Also, Lee's Bit-Scope looks very interesting to add to a Shop-Laptop. Hmmm..

:)
Vince

> Dave, in regards to your temperature measurement and plotting, I'm not
> electronics oriented either, but had to respond. I have this Sears
> Crafstman multimeter. It has a thermocouple socket (you have to buy
> the thermocouple too) and the multimeter plugs into my PC
> serial port. The PC software measures and plots any reading vs time
> increments on the multimeter, including temperature, in a Win95 O/S (I
> use WinXP and tell XP to run this program as Win95) I can also import
> the data into an Excel spreadsheet. It works and is fun to play with,
> but to use it at my mill, I'd need another PC nearby and I don't plan
> on doing that any time soon. Charles
>
>
> --- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "turbulatordude"
> <davemucha@j...> wrote:
>> --- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "Bernard R"
>> <bwjarandall@c...> wrote:
>> > I've had suprisingly good results using my digital camera to
> record
>> > glitches, it does help that I have a viewing hood, but one can
>> easily
>> > be made from cardboard.
>> >
>> > IMO a 'scope is all but useless to the non electronic
> fraternity,
>> > obtaining a stable viewable trace on signals other than from a
>> signal
>> > generator requires a fair amount of expertise; interpreting the
>> results is another matter altogether. Also as most waveforms
> need
>> to
>> > either be viewed, or triggered, in relation to other signals
> there
>> is
>> > a real danger of getting the wrong ground wires connected and
> then
>> > expensive blue smoke.
>> >
>> > My 2c
>> >
>> > Bernard
>>
>>
>> That would be me. : )
>>
>> I needed to monitor an input-output sequence on a PIC so needed
> the
>> simplest of units. the Win-Scope was the right price, but I have
> not
>> needed if for any other reason.
>>
>> Now for ADC monitoring of temperatures, I would like a digital
>> storage sensor, but am not electronically well versed to know how
> to
>> use one.
>>
>> Dave
>
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