On Friday 01 June 2018 12:32:09 Chris Albertson wrote:

> On Thu, May 31, 2018 at 5:38 PM, Gene Heskett <ghesk...@shentel.net> 
wrote:
> > On Thursday 31 May 2018 19:45:24 jeremy youngs wrote:
> > > Encoders in hand, shaft turned and mounted, it looks good, 3 more
> > > to do . encoderawcount.jpg
> > > <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oHklBMnxpmTGl-ZzVBCtBkDbsFxwydN_
> > >/vie w?usp=drivesdk>
> >
> > That does look pretty good at first glance. I can't read the
> > clocking rate though. Humm, I just found the viewer has a zoom. So I
> > assume you were turning it by hand as the timing shows 2/1
> > variations on a 10 millisecond per grid line, so thats pretty slow.
> > What it looks like at 3 to 5k revs will tell the story. But you are
> > not going to get that display at 3 to 5k in halscope. That will need
> > a good scope,
>
> Scopes are good, they will let yu find glitches like housing contacts
> but optical encoders don't have that problem
>
> Last night I was using by cheap $8 logic analyzer.   Those things are
> good for the money I could measure the duty cycle of a  two 10KHz PWM
> signals and the A/B channels for two encoders and
> ...ebay.com/itm/New-USB-Logic-Analyzer-...
> <https://www.ebay.com/itm/New-USB-Logic-Analyzer-Device-Set-USB-Cable-
>24MHz-8CH-24MHz-for-ARM-FPGA-M100/222882469206>
>
> Yes they make better ones but those cost more than $8   This is one
> good for signals that change at up to a few MHz.
>
I'd have to assume it displays the results on your computer screen, and 
runs on linux?

Rather neat if thats the case, I might have to get me one.

Thanks Chris.

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> Chris Albertson
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