Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Laser mouse based DRO

On Mon, 2005-08-22 at 13:00 -0400, Simon Arthur wrote:

> According to the documentation, deviation over the span of 4 inches is
> about 5-10 "mouse counts" at 2000 dpi sensing. This means roughly
> 0.0035" error over a 4" span.

Oh well, there goes _that_ idea... It was a nice thought though! I guess
the cable/drum or rack&pinion drive rotary encoder is still $/buck champ
for cheap DROs.

But let's keep looking!

Matt