Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] tapping into dro system
Posted by
Jon Elson
on 2000-06-01 12:25:22 UTC
chester8888@... wrote:
low-cost
PC DRO kits should work. If the encoder is analog, with interpolation
in the
readout box, then it is MUCH harder.
Heidenhain's web site is http://www.heidenhain.com/
Their manuals on encoders give extremely detailed descriptions of the
signals and connections to the encoders.
Jon
> I am looking for info about "tapping' into an existing sys.I want myThat is Heidenhain
> pc to read the pulses from the encoder with out disrupting the
> signals getting to the dro. the system is a hianhain (sorry about the
> spelling)
> .between the pc knowing where the cutter is and the dro'sIf the encoders are plain digital, then this is easy. Any one of the
> output to the pc- could be a good system.I am just not up on the
> electronics and don't want to destroy the system. The encoders are
> linear I believe square wave but might be sinodal -i could find
> out.any thoughts?
low-cost
PC DRO kits should work. If the encoder is analog, with interpolation
in the
readout box, then it is MUCH harder.
Heidenhain's web site is http://www.heidenhain.com/
Their manuals on encoders give extremely detailed descriptions of the
signals and connections to the encoders.
Jon