Electrically, yes if you use a microstepping drive.  :-)

But if your ball screw has slop in it, then no.  :-(

Dave



On 4/1/2014 2:57 PM, Gregg Eshelman wrote:
> On 4/1/2014 7:01 AM, John Kasunich wrote:
>> On Tue, Apr 1, 2014, at 09:52 AM, Dave Cole wrote:
>>> Actually 127 Pulse/rev works ok.
>>>
>>> If you have 5 TPI screws it works out to:  0.2 / 127 = 0.00157" per
>>> pulse.   If you count all of the edges of the full quad signal (which is
>>> normal) you can divide that by 4 which is approximately .00157/4 =
>>> .000393 in/count.
>>>
>> 127 is an odd encoder count, but I understand why:
>> 0.000393" is 0.01mm.
> So as it is I can get 0.01mm precision on the Z axis with its 5 TPI
> ballscrew?
>
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