On 12/18/2013 10:55 AM, Kirk Wallace wrote: > On 12/17/2013 09:35 PM, Jon Elson wrote: > > ... snip >> If the gear is steel, you could use the trick I used: >> http://pico-systems.com/bridge_spindle.html > ... snip > > I ordered a batch of these Avago sensors, and now that I have them in > hand it looks like they are not the easiest sensors to mount. Yup, I agree. I filed a hole in a piece of aluminum (so as not to alter the magnetic field from the included magnet) and then globbed it with epoxy. > The > installations I have seen so far just bed them in a glob of glue. I was > hoping to use a more formal method. I envision using an aluminum housing > with a cavity to pot the sensor and support components -- a pair of 1206 > capacitors and a resistor. The housing could be rectangular in order to > have it set into a slot to make the clearance adjustment easier. The > sensor needs to to be oriented so that the sensor plane and the target > plane match, also the sensor has a magnet in it so there is a small > oscillating force which may need to be addressed. After somebody else mentioned it, I was worried about the vibration of the variable reluctance of the passing teeth fatiguing the thin aluminum I mounted mine with. Well, I've used the machine for a couple years that way with no problem so far.
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