On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 5:57 AM, Sven Wesley <[email protected]> wrote:
> 2010/3/3 Erik Christiansen <[email protected]> > > > > > > Hmmm ... I think you could be right - I think too much. > > (But it used to save me weeks of work, and help keep my hair, when I was > > a programmer. ;-) > > > > Given that testimonial, I might buy a few extra, since they have to come > so > > far. > > > > Many thanks for sharing your know-how, Sven. > > > > Erik > > > > > If you really want to read some experienced info on the AMT's, look up my > killer thread in the mail archive. Search for "Engrave.py cuts deeper and > deeper". Enjoy. > Conclusion: The AMT's do the work when other encoders fail. > > To give you another data point, I've been using an AMT on the recommendation of people on the mailing list for the last week and it seems to do a great job. Have them set for 2048ppr which ends up at 8192 counts per rev in an encoder in EMC2. I ordered just one to test it since I was a little unsure about using a capacitive encoder instead of an optical encoder, and now that I've been using it for a little while, I am ordering a few more for other axises and even one to do spindle encoding on a lathe. Lawrence ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
