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Subject: 
Re: Analog port shaft encoder
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lugnet.robotics.handyboard
Date: 
Mon, 25 Oct 1999 16:24:48 GMT
Original-From: 
Gary Livick <glivick@pacbell.net/avoidspam/>
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Rob,

I use these same encoders just as you do, and they work fine.  However, the
spacing of the encoders from thier targets is important for proper function.
1.5 to 2 mm works well for me.

In addition, I have had to play with the encoder high threshold to make things
work.  I set mine at 125, and never miss a count.

Good Luck,

Gary Livick



TH0RMAN23@aol.com wrote:

> Tried what you said Joshua, I went through all the analog ports and manually
> fed them with a TTL signal from a function generator at a relatively low
> frequency of 5Hz and wrote this little test code to test it. In this example,
> the sencdr3.icb has been loaded with a global variable named encoder3_counts.
> This variable kept the running count of the encoder's ticks so I really dont
> have to do anything else but to read it.
> 
> void encoder_test()
>     {
>         while(1)
>                 {
>                         printf("Count: %d\n", encoder3_counts);
>                 }
>     }
> 
> void main()
> {
> start_process(encoder_test());
> }
> 
> The optical encoder is connected to analog port 3 with a 330 ohms current
> limiting resistor for the Emmiter and the sensor si pull up by the Handy
> Board's internal 47K. An oscilloscope is connected to the sensor side of the
> encoder (QRB1114) . I ran the code and got the pulse but I have no result on
> the LCD beside a 1 which seems to "stuck" there and wont change. Does anybody
> else have this problem with using this driver? Thanks.
> 
> Best regard,
> Rob



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  Re: Analog port shaft encoder
 
Tried what you said Joshua, I went through all the analog ports and manually fed them with a TTL signal from a function generator at a relatively low frequency of 5Hz and wrote this little test code to test it. In this example, the sencdr3.icb has (...) (27 years ago, 23-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)

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