Optical Encoder for Active Elements

May 18, 2009


PCB milling with Modela
*bot encoder PCB milling

Stuffed
*bot encoder test

Voltage testing - video


Greycode layout


PCB layout

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May 11, 2009


optical001

hello.light.45


I started with the hello.light.45 board, but used two optical interruptors/Photomicrosensors (Transmissive) EE-SX1103 instead of the usual phototransistor.

Became messy pretty soon -- needed a bigger board with more traces.
optical004

hello.optical.keywon board


Next, I extended the board to accommodate 2 optical interruptors, and tentatively named it hello.optical.keywon.

optical002

Mounted the sensors on a lasercut cardboard disc.
optical003

Oscilloscope reading from the collectors -- picture and a video.




I uploaded a modified version of hello.light.45.asm and plotted the readings from PB3 and PB4 pins using hello.light.45.py, but it only shows one graph for two readings.


To do next:





Evil Bottle

sensing/feedback