Re: interface board

On Sun, 9 May 1999 10:00:50 -0500, "Steve Lindsay"
<slindsay@...> wrote:

>Gar.... 360 will work!

Gotcha; yeah, I know, anything really will work, as long as you have
enough precision in the numbers so you don't bump a count due to
roundoff, but it's sure messy to be working with (and displaying the
results of) native resolutions of 0.00069444444444", doncha tink? B)
Specially when, if HP would just listen to us home machinists (hee hee),
they could just MAKE one perfectly suited for us! I just don't
unnerstand why they don't consult with us hobbyists when doing their
marketing surveys. B)

>Back when I was writing the program the most HP had for linear encoders
>was 200 and then HP told me they don't make the strips and I would have
>to find another company that made them.
>...
>Also the way I understood it they were
>making the linear mylar strips. I haven't looked at US Digitals web pages
>for a long time but if they are coming across like they are big stuff
>without HP I would find it cold too.

Yeah, agreed; like I said, I really DO appreciate their being both a
supplier and specially a reasonably priced supplier of the optic media,
and on their web pages they're not REALLY tryna "hide" the fact that
HP's sensors are key to their products, it's just that they coulda put
links there to HP's website where the HEDS sensors and app notes for
them are available, so as to help out their clients. But I also
understand the business concept of presenting yourself as a sole
supplier or rather "one-stop shopping", so it's not really any serious
complaint I was alludin to, ifyagetmedrift. No biggie.

BTW, the HP link to their motion stuff is:
http://www.hp.com/HP-COMP/motion/index.html

Punch in the part number "heds-9200 opt 360" to go directly to:
"HEDS-9000/9100/9200 Extended Resolution Series"

I noticed when checking this link to make sure it was still alive, that
them bozos have ADDED a 300 cpi sensor to their repertoire, but NO 250
cpi one!! Da noive a dem guys. Sheesh. Time for a write-in campaign, eh?
:)

Gar