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PDF Files:

click here to download Optical Switch Revised .pdf file

click here to download MPG revised.pdf file

click here to download MPG Wiring and Mach3 Setup PDFfile

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PCB on a Radio Shack  Board

Side view of above.
Stand offs were super glued.

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Video for Home Made Optical Switch

Click here for X Axis Home Limit Switch Test Video

Using a Differant Sensor QRB1134 with the same PCB

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PCB used as a RPM Sensor on CNC Lathe conversion.
Z Axis Homemade optical switch on X2 Mill.

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The PCB use in the Encoder can be used as an Optical limit switch.

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This is a simple test setup  for a 50 count optical homemade encoder. In quadrature 4 x 50 = 200 ppr. One rev. = .200 with 5 threads per inch (TPI). This Disk is 4 1/4" in Diameter with 50 slots for 1 thousand (.001) of an inch resolution on the DRO. This could also be used for Manual Pulse Generator (MPG), by adding a detent for incrementing.

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