Re: [Emc-users] switch debounce experiment

2019-03-26 Thread Erik Christiansen
On 26.03.19 10:38, Chris Albertson wrote: > A very basic question, unlike the hards ones being discussed here but, > important I think. > > How are people handling switch debouncing on home and limit switches? > > Always in the past, I have treated the microswitch is a SPST device that is > eithe

Re: [Emc-users] switch debounce experiment

2019-03-26 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 26 March 2019 14:20:58 Bruce Layne wrote: > On 3/26/19 1:38 PM, Chris Albertson wrote: > > Yes, I know a switch can be de-bounced in software but this > > introduces latency as the software has to keep checking the state of > > the switch. Reduced latency very much increases the accurac

Re: [Emc-users] switch debounce experiment

2019-03-26 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 26 March 2019 13:38:32 Chris Albertson wrote: > A very basic question, unlike the hards ones being discussed here but, > important I think. > > How are people handling switch debouncing on home and limit switches? > We have a debounce module you can put in series with the swtches output

Re: [Emc-users] switch debounce experiment

2019-03-26 Thread Bruce Layne
On 3/26/19 1:38 PM, Chris Albertson wrote: > Yes, I know a switch can be de-bounced in software but this introduces > latency as the software has to keep checking the state of the switch. > Reduced latency very much increases the accuracy of the microswitch. Like Steve Ciarcia said in Byte maga

[Emc-users] switch debounce experiment

2019-03-26 Thread Chris Albertson
A very basic question, unlike the hards ones being discussed here but, important I think. How are people handling switch debouncing on home and limit switches? Always in the past, I have treated the microswitch is a SPST device that is either open or closed. The common terminal is pulled up to Vc