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General Mach Discussion / Re: Using original glass scale encoders on Anilam CNC retrofit
« on: April 17, 2014, 02:23:09 PM »
Thanks Hood,
I was hoping to use the readouts in a manual situation not close the loop. I am retro fitting the existing DC servo motors with encoders to work with Viper drives to work in a CNC function but would like the option of using the DRO's for X,Y and Z axis with the servos off. Arturo mentioned adding a Smoothstepper board for the purpose of reading the glass scale encoders as he was unsure that the PP would be fast enough.
How would this work?
I was hoping to use the readouts in a manual situation not close the loop. I am retro fitting the existing DC servo motors with encoders to work with Viper drives to work in a CNC function but would like the option of using the DRO's for X,Y and Z axis with the servos off. Arturo mentioned adding a Smoothstepper board for the purpose of reading the glass scale encoders as he was unsure that the PP would be fast enough.
How would this work?