Re: [Emc-users] OT Encoder Question

2007-08-07 Thread Jeff Epler
On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 08:03:23PM -0700, richard harris wrote: Perhaps this is why Hardinge/Bandit cost so much half the wires go nowhere and and there to confuse you. Mission Accomplished. This is quite funny. Thanks for sharing your story. Jeff

Re: [Emc-users] OT Encoder Question

2007-08-04 Thread Jon Elson
Gene Heskett wrote: With the eval board at $150, and I doubt it comes with the rotary coil set, that raises the price of that toy quite a bit unless someone here wants to see if they can squeeze it into say $50 for a run of 100 or so. With the accuracy claimed, I can see it will take some

Re: [Emc-users] OT Encoder Question

2007-08-04 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 04 August 2007, Jon Elson wrote: Gene Heskett wrote: With the eval board at $150, and I doubt it comes with the rotary coil set, that raises the price of that toy quite a bit unless someone here wants to see if they can squeeze it into say $50 for a run of 100 or so. With the

Re: [Emc-users] OT Encoder Question

2007-08-04 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 04 August 2007, Jon Elson wrote: Gene Heskett wrote: On Saturday 04 August 2007, Jon Elson wrote: The rotary coils are your resolver. Your resolver should be built at the factory so there is no need for diddling. I'm pretty sure the 2S1200 needs no coils Maybe, maybe not. I have

[Emc-users] OT Encoder Question

2007-08-03 Thread richard harris
Hello, First let me apologize for this off topic question, but I exhausted all the responses google provided. I have a Hardinge lathe with an unknown encoder mounted to the spindle. The encoder has 5 sets of wires. All are twisted pair, one set is wrapped in red foil and is a red wire

Re: [Emc-users] OT Encoder Question

2007-08-03 Thread rehenry
If this is an older Hardinge like a HNC or CHNC this may be a resolver rather than an encoder. Rayh On Thu, 2 Aug 2007 23:43:35 -0700 (PDT), Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net said: Hello, First let me apologize for this off topic question, but I

Re: [Emc-users] OT Encoder Question

2007-08-03 Thread Kirk Wallace
Hello Richard, I have a Hardinge HNC that I am converting. Your description doesn't match mine very well so I'll assume you have a different model, but I did find that my spindle pulse generator had terminal pairs for both the LED and the amp (+12 V and GND on both) along with the pulse and the

Re: [Emc-users] OT Encoder Question

2007-08-03 Thread Jon Elson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If this is an older Hardinge like a HNC or CHNC this may be a resolver rather than an encoder. Why would a resolver have 5 pairs of wires? I would think 3 pairs would suffice for any flavor of resolver. The only thing I can think of that needs 5 pairs would be

Re: [Emc-users] OT Encoder Question

2007-08-03 Thread RogerN
harris To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Sent: Friday, August 03, 2007 1:43 AM Subject: [Emc-users] OT Encoder Question Hello, First let me apologize for this off topic question, but I exhausted all the responses google provided. I have a Hardinge lathe with an unknown

Re: [Emc-users] OT Encoder Question

2007-08-03 Thread Jon Elson
Kirk Wallace wrote: Hello Richard, I have a Hardinge HNC that I am converting. Your description doesn't match mine very well so I'll assume you have a different model, but I did find that my spindle pulse generator had terminal pairs for both the LED and the amp (+12 V and GND on both)

Re: [Emc-users] OT Encoder Question

2007-08-03 Thread John Kasunich
Gene Heskett wrote: The other possibility is that its a resolver, where one set of wires would be power, probably 5 volts, The next set, possibly the green one is an index at 0 output, and the other 3 would divide the full rotation in 1/2 turn, 1/4 turn, and 1/8 turn. But that on the

Re: [Emc-users] OT Encoder Question

2007-08-03 Thread Eric Keller
I've seen Heidenhain encoders that have 5 pairs, they have 4 lines for power. Some companies use extra return (ground) lines. There is also the possibility of an extra track like on brushless servo motors, which can have a hall track Or like John said, it could be an absolute encoder, although

Re: [Emc-users] OT Encoder Question

2007-08-03 Thread Kenneth Lerman
- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jon Elson Sent: Friday, August 03, 2007 1:12 PM To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Subject: Re: [Emc-users] OT Encoder Question Kirk Wallace wrote: Hello Richard, I have a Hardinge HNC that I am converting. Your description doesn't

Re: [Emc-users] OT Encoder Question

2007-08-03 Thread Mark Pictor
The nice thing about resolvers is that they are very rugged - with no electronics in the resolver itself, they can handle high temperatures, coolant, and other abuse that would kill an optical encoder in short order. The bad thing about resolvers is that the circuitry to generate the

Re: [Emc-users] OT Encoder Question

2007-08-03 Thread Jon Elson
Mark Pictor wrote: The nice thing about resolvers is that they are very rugged - with no electronics in the resolver itself, they can handle high temperatures, coolant, and other abuse that would kill an optical encoder in short order. The bad thing about resolvers is that the circuitry to

Re: [Emc-users] OT Encoder Question

2007-08-03 Thread Dave Engvall
Hi Jon, Those are hot chips... don't know how many resolvers there are out that will handle the reference freq tho ... but not many apps will push the rps spec. ;-) http://www.analog.com/en/subCat/0,2879,760%5F791%5F0%5F%5F0%5F,00.html Dave On Aug 3, 2007, at 9:03 PM, Jon Elson wrote: