Re: Chinese to Quadrature conversion

As Wayne pointed out, the Shumatec DPU-550 daughter board has multi-protocol scale support (24 bit, BCD7, BIN6, and quadrature) for up to 5 scales.
Reasonable priced and the software is open source.

Regards
Geoff

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, Wayne Patterson <waynep@...> wrote:
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> Take a look at this and see if this is what you are wanting.
> http://www.shumatech.com/web/products
> LW
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> Peter Mack wrote:
> >
> >
> > Does anyone have a solution for converting the output of chinese
> > caliper/scales to standard quadrature output, so I can plug a chinese
> > scale into a DRO?
> >
> > I've got QCC-100's to go Glass Quadrature output to Chinese output but
> > haven't found a solution for the reverse.
> >
> > I want to add a caliper as the quill encoder on a turret mill. The
> > glass scales get in the way of the quill stop, but I can squeeze a cut
> > down caliper up above. The mill already has a 3 Axis DRO and glass
> > scales on X and Y.
> >
> > Peter
> >
> >
>