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PoKeys / Re: Pokeys57CNC & Mach4, spindle question
« on: April 07, 2016, 08:38:33 PM »
I am now working on the spindle encoder for threading in Mach4. I am looking at options for the spindle encoder. Is it necessary to be a quadrature encoder, or can a simple pulse train. like from a gear tooth sensor reading a gear? How many pulses per rev are needed for good threading? I will also have an index pulse of a single pulse per rev.