[Thad House]

Originally Posted by thatprogrammer

I seem to have misunderstood this sentence on the us digital website, sorry! "The S4T miniature optical shaft encoder is a non-contacting rotary to digital converter." My lack of experience with shaft encoders let me to assume that this meant the encoder literally doesn't rotate.


Have you ever experimented with beam breaks for shooters? Any issues with programming or voltage (I've heard a few don't work below 12v?)

Note: To clarify, you mean limiting the range of something by indexing? Like using a limit switch to stop an elevator?

We used beam breaks in 2012 and 2013 for our shooters. I don't know which models, but they were easy to use, and we didnt have any trouble. They were 5V models though, but since we now have a regulated 12V from the VRM, 12V ones should be fine too.

I probably used the wrong word for indexing. For elevators and arms, if using an encoder, you have to have a limit switch/hall effect at some point to zero it. And that is harder with arms then with elevators.