On Sat, May 25, 2024 at 11:00 AM, Ralph Hulslander wrote:
One thing I learned in installing them is that only one end needs to be fixed, the other end can float.
I took that approach on all but my latest install, the one that's the subject of this thread (for a grand total of 5 DROs, three on the mill and two on the lathe).? I wasn't sure how it was going to work out but it appears to be OK.?
The main problem I have encountered with iGaging DROs is their EMI susceptibility.? I have added additional bypass capacitors to all of mine.? That's all it took for the ones on the lathe, maybe because the stainless steel scales don't develop contact problems.? The DROs on my mill have the aluminum scales and they were a PITA when it came to EMI problems.? The only thing that reliably worked was to hard-wire the scales to the sensor's internal ground node.
