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pkahn@ADS.COM (Philip Kahn) writes:

>An easy way out of this is to find a really cheap, repeatable shaft
>encoder that effectively will provide me with "multiple limit" positions.
>I don't want to spend more than $10 per in quantity, they should slide
>over the shaft, and I don't need good resolution (obviously), though
>repeatability probably means it should be optical.  HP makes some nice
>inexpensive encoders (that have great resolution), though the $25 per
>is too pricey.  Any suggestions?? 

When I were a lad... Back when I worked for Real World Interface we built our
own shaft encoders by drilling holes in a gear blank ( any number you like )
and ran it through a opto-isolator ( led-reciever pair ).  This requires
a little mounting hardware but you ought to able to squeak under the $10 mark.

But you tell kids that these days and they won't believe ya! ;-)

HTH

mike

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