Branching out step/dir for current axes position

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Branching out step/dir for current axes position

Postby pietro.odaglia » Sat Feb 15, 2020 9:58 am

Hi all,

I am trying to get the axes position of my system (uc300-eth + mach3) for controlling additional hw but all the "high level" solutions I found would entail a significant delay (macros, modbus, ...).
So I was thinking, as a quick and dirty approach, to branch out the step/dir of each axis and connect them to a plc for "counting" the current position.

Any good reasons you know of for not doing it? The only risk I see is the fanout on the output pins, would it be an issue?

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Re: Branching out step/dir for current axes position

Postby Robertspark » Sun Feb 16, 2020 8:01 am

Can you not just use a series of proximity switches or optical sensors.
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