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Source for encoder wheels?

ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
edited 2000-10-24 20:43 in General Discussion
I've been looking for a source of encoder wheels for a few weeks now, and I
cannot seem to find any that are readily available. I am using the Hamamatsu
P5587 Photoreflectors for a wheeled based robot project. I have seen ones on
robot's such as the Rug Warrior, but I never see them available anywhere.
Does anyone know where I can locate these??

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  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2000-10-23 11:54
    At 10/23/2000 -0400 05:10 AM, you wrote:
    >I've been looking for a source of encoder wheels for a few weeks now, and I
    >cannot seem to find any that are readily available. I am using the Hamamatsu
    >P5587 Photoreflectors for a wheeled based robot project. I have seen ones on
    >robot's such as the Rug Warrior, but I never see them available anywhere.
    >Does anyone know where I can locate these??

    Charley -

    Dunno about the ones on the Rug Warrior, but US Digital [noparse][[/noparse]www.usdigital.com
    ] is one resource for encoder wheels. Printing one and using an X-Acto
    knife is another option.

    Hope that helps.

    Regards,

    Bruce Bates
  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2000-10-23 13:19
    Thank you for the information.


    Original Message
    From: "Bruce Bates" <bvbates@u...>
    To: <basicstamps@egroups.com>
    Sent: Monday, October 23, 2000 6:54 AM
    Subject: Re: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] Source for encoder wheels?


    > At 10/23/2000 -0400 05:10 AM, you wrote:
    > >I've been looking for a source of encoder wheels for a few weeks now, and
    I
    > >cannot seem to find any that are readily available. I am using the
    Hamamatsu
    > >P5587 Photoreflectors for a wheeled based robot project. I have seen ones
    on
    > >robot's such as the Rug Warrior, but I never see them available anywhere.
    > >Does anyone know where I can locate these??
    >
    > Charley -
    >
    > Dunno about the ones on the Rug Warrior, but US Digital [noparse][[/noparse]www.usdigital.com
    > ] is one resource for encoder wheels. Printing one and using an X-Acto
    > knife is another option.
    >
    > Hope that helps.
    >
    > Regards,
    >
    > Bruce Bates
    >
    >
    >
    >
  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2000-10-23 15:36
    Guys try pulling your mouse apart
    There is two slotted disks inside which may do the job
    cheers
    Wayne
    Original Message
    From: Bruce Bates <bvbates@u...>
    To: <basicstamps@egroups.com>
    Sent: Monday, October 23, 2000 8:54 PM
    Subject: Re: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] Source for encoder wheels?


    > At 10/23/2000 -0400 05:10 AM, you wrote:
    > >I've been looking for a source of encoder wheels for a few weeks now, and
    I
    > >cannot seem to find any that are readily available. I am using the
    Hamamatsu
    > >P5587 Photoreflectors for a wheeled based robot project. I have seen ones
    on
    > >robot's such as the Rug Warrior, but I never see them available anywhere.
    > >Does anyone know where I can locate these??
    >
    > Charley -
    >
    > Dunno about the ones on the Rug Warrior, but US Digital [noparse][[/noparse]www.usdigital.com
    > ] is one resource for encoder wheels. Printing one and using an X-Acto
    > knife is another option.
    >
    > Hope that helps.
    >
    > Regards,
    >
    > Bruce Bates
    >
    >
    >
    >
    >
  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2000-10-24 06:16
    Print your design on a transparancy sheet. That way you can create
    any timing of spacing you might need. You can attach it directly to
    an acrylic sheet or similar.


    Good luck and let us know how it works!

    Dave



    --- In basicstamps@egroups.com, Bruce Bates <bvbates@u...> wrote:
    > At 10/23/2000 -0400 05:10 AM, you wrote:
    > >I've been looking for a source of encoder wheels for a few weeks
    now, and I
    > >cannot seem to find any that are readily available. I am using the
    Hamamatsu
    > >P5587 Photoreflectors for a wheeled based robot project. I have
    seen ones on
    > >robot's such as the Rug Warrior, but I never see them available
    anywhere.
    > >Does anyone know where I can locate these??
    >
    > Charley -
    >
    > Dunno about the ones on the Rug Warrior, but US Digital
    [noparse][[/noparse]www.usdigital.com
    > ] is one resource for encoder wheels. Printing one and using an X-
    Acto
    > knife is another option.
    >
    > Hope that helps.
    >
    > Regards,
    >
    > Bruce Bates
  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2000-10-24 20:43
    Right on! Take a look at:
    http://www.ida.net/users/tetonsl/railroad/graycode.htm
    Wayne

    At 05:16 AM 10/24/00 -0000, you wrote:
    >Print your design on a transparancy sheet. That way you can create
    >any timing of spacing you might need. You can attach it directly to
    >an acrylic sheet or similar.



    Wayne Roderick P.E. (EE, ret)
    CEO, Teton Short Line, (NMRA life-1721)
    e-mail tetonsl@i... Pocatello Idaho, USA
    http://www.ida.net/users/tetonsl/railroad
    Note new URL- /biz/ becomes /users/
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