On Wed, 1 Mar 2017, Kirk Wallace wrote: > Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2017 09:55:49 -0800 > From: Kirk Wallace <kwall...@wallacecompany.com> > Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" > <emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] MPG detents > > On 03/01/2017 04:42 AM, Roland Jollivet wrote: >> I had always assumed that machine MPG's generated one state change per >> click, but following Gene's discussion, I pulled out my 1988 Fanuc MPG, and >> saw that it was also 4-states per click. Obviously, one 'pulse'/detent >> >> Does anyone know the rationale behind this? > > I don't know, but in my opinion ... > there are four pulses per quadrature cycle and the pulses have to follow > a proper sequence for forward and reverse rotation. This can produce a > more reliable input for each detent location because a proper set of > pulses are needed. If there is any electrical or mechanical noise > (detent close to a pulse, machine vibration) and we use only valid > cycles, rather than raw pulses, we will have a more robust input. It is > sort of like using parity checking on data words and maybe hysteresis > (more than one pulse to change a state either way). > > > -- > Kirk Wallace > http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/ > http://www.wallacecompany.com/E45/ >
I agree, I think the optimum is to use a 100 PPR MPG with 1X quadrature mode (so 100 counts per rev) with the count occuring 1/2 way between detents This means 1. You can move a known distance by feel 2. The MPG will not jitter back and forth with minor vibration/ hand motion since it needs to move all the way to the "hump" between detents to count Peter Wallace Mesa Electronics ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users