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Re: Drilling station steppers

2005-06-22 by lcdpublishing

Do you have a source for those shaft encoders that are $19.00 each?

The cheapest I have found is from US Digital and they are around 
$35.00 or so.

Thanks

Chris


> A new shaft encoder can be had for $19.00 these days. Adding 
> a "second shaft" to any surplus DC motor is a piece of cake if you 
> have access to and know how to use a mini-lathe...Or buy a surplus 
> motor with encoder. H-bridge ICs are around $5.00, microcontroller 
> around $3.00...Here's what's missing....Good PID code for the 
> micros....Right now it's under lock and key but will soon trickle 
> into the public domain.

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