Here's a super cheap reader assembly you could bolt to a board, then hang your supply reel from a bolt stuck in it if you're looking for the lowest cost option:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/224491588288 -- Anders Nelson On Sun, Apr 13, 2025, 6:49 AM Martin Bishop via cctalk < [email protected]> wrote: > The Sanyo Denki readers I have known use sprocket wheel feed, an > additional means of damaging tapes. > > The Fanuc readers use a friction pinch, "rubber on steel", so they can't > "saw" the tapes. > > Perhaps a consideration - if one has a choice > > Martin > > -----Original Message----- > From: Chuck Guzis via cctalk [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 13 April 2025 02:18 > To: Ethan Dicks via cctalk <[email protected]> > Cc: Chuck Guzis <[email protected]> > Subject: [cctalk] Re: Paper Tape Reader Needed > > My PT reader is a Sanyo Denki, from a piece of CNC gear. (Bitsavers has > some docs on those), Added a +5/+24 power suppy and a STM32 "Blue Pill" > MCU interfacing as a USB communications device. > > Easy peasy and woks a treat. > > --Chuck >
