I've never handled a MP3 so... Most of the MP3 probes listed on eBay include a CAT40 or CAT50 taper. Is this easily removable? If removable what is the native shank for a MP3?
> -----Original Message----- > From: hubert [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, September 19, 2016 7:57 PM > To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] snagged touch probe on eBay - anybody know how to > interface ? > > Hi All > > This thread and it's follow on triggered my interest, so I just snagged a > Renishaw MP3 probe on Ebay and now face the task of interfacing this to my > New CNC mill which I am due to pickup later this week. I ordered the mill > with > LinuxCNC using the Mesa cards to interface to the computer. The mill uses > Servo's on X,Y,Z. It is a small mill with a 12 position tool changer, thus > I am > hoping to put the probe in one of the pockets and use it to sense work-piece > position, and also to digitize. > While this is my Hobby mill I am hoping to get close to 100micro inches > repeatability. I would appreciate any pointers to available data for > building/buying a relatively inexpensive transmitter receiver for this > purpose. > > > On 9/8/16 11:07 AM, Jon Elson wrote: > > On 09/08/2016 09:56 AM, Florian Rist wrote: > >> Hi Jon > >> > >>> Yes, I thought about building a receiver out of various parts, but > >>> there are application specific parts that combine all this in one > >>> unit. Most are made with 38 KHz band pass filters for VCR remote > >>> controls, > >> Yes, that's why I didn't even look into theses integrated devices. > >> > >>> but the QSE159 does not > >>> have the BPF, looked to be sensitive enough, and was really cheap > >>> ($1.06) > >> Indeed, interesting. > >> > >> Not sure if it is sensitive enough, 0.25 mW/cm² worst case translates > >> to 2.5W/m², that's quite a lot. But, now that I started looking, > >> there are quite a few similar integrated devices available, some with > >> much high sensitivity down to at least 10µW/cm². However most are > >> lacking the Schmitt-trigger of the QSE159, nice part, that you found, > >> I'm going to get one, too. > >> > >> > > I have no idea what the radiated power of the Blum probe is, but it > > has 12 big surface-mount LEDs arranged around the periphery. The QSE > > sensor picks it up very well out past 6", which is all the sensitivity > > I will need. > > > > Jon > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -------- _______________________________________________ > > Emc-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
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