On Fri, 2 Dec 2011, andy pugh wrote:

> Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2011 19:29:23 +0000
> From: andy pugh <[email protected]>
> Reply-To: EMC developers <[email protected]>
> To: EMC developers <[email protected]>
> Subject: [Emc-developers] Single-wire encoders
> 
> Vehicle engines generally measure crank position using a
> single-channel encoder. Traditionally it worked by sensing the starter
> ring-gear. The index is simply a missing (in practical terms, a little
> shorter) tooth.
> Many now use a magnetic code-wheel and a hall sensor. I have some, as
> it happens, and they are a very attractive form factor, being 125mm OD
> with a 100mm through-bore
>
> It seems that this scheme could be useful in EMC2, especially for
> lathe-users who are short of pins, and the form factor is ideal for
> this too.
>
> I wonder how much work it would be to add this as a mode to the encoder 
> module?

Sounds pretty easy theoretically since the encoder module has timestamps.
You would have to have a base thread rate enough faster than the tooth rate
at max speed to have enough timing resolution to reliably detect the missing 
tooth

I guess the missing tooth detection also has to inform the position/velocity 
estimation stuff to hold the last velocity number and extrapolate the position

Another possibility is some kind of DPLL running at the base thread rate to 
lock onto the input frequency (and bound the tracking acceleration so the 
missing pulse doesn't cause a big change in velocity estimate or position)
Then the apparent large acceleration caused by the missing tooth trigger the 
index logic.

>
> -- 
> atp
> The idea that there is no such thing as objective truth is, quite simply, 
> wrong.
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