Curtis W. Moore wrote:
> If I added pulses can it be done? My encoder is just a homebuilt opto
> switch. Cutting out a new wheel with more slots/holes would be trivial.
> Can EMC thread with just one train of pulses? Ie use just one pin of
> the parallel port?
Right now it is set up to use a standard quadrature encoder with 
index, so that requires 3 signal pins.  Theoretically, it can be 
done with two signals if you already know the direction and 
won't be reversing the spindle.

Jon

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