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by Andrew-UK
Thu Jun 21, 2018 4:41 pm
Forum: Centroid Oak, Allin1DC, MPU11 and Legacy products
Topic: Encoder Basics
Replies: 66
Views: 174721

Re: Encoder Basics

Hi, Thanks for your comments. The encoder I have is rated to 6,000rpm and has 5000 pulses per revolution. Although I doubt I'll ever run it that fast, theoretically it could be pushing out four quadrature pulses, each at 30MHz. When I was testing, I did not have any stepper motors or spindle motor r...
by Andrew-UK
Sat Jun 02, 2018 9:56 am
Forum: Centroid Oak, Allin1DC, MPU11 and Legacy products
Topic: Encoder Basics
Replies: 66
Views: 174721

Re: Encoder Basics

Hi, Does anyone know the maximum "pulse per revolution" value the Acorn will accept? For a lathe conversion I have bought a 5000ppr incremental quadrature encoder which I want to use on the spindle motor. I have entered the 20,000 count value for the required parameter (5000 x 4) and it so...