Acorn Spindle Encoder Basics

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Re: Encoder Basics

Post by tblough »

Unless the belt connecting the servo to the spindle is some sort of timing belt, I would be leary about peck tapping. V-belt drives do slip and will make the index pulse unreliable.

The best option is to attach the encoder directly to the spindle.
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