Mesa 7i29 Maximum Encoder Count Rate

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19 Apr 2016 19:24 #73613 by pbrubaker
Hey all,

I'm upgrading the encoders on my servo motors, and will probably go with the US Digital E6 models, but I want to make sure I don't over specify CPR for the drive/FPGA combination I'm using.

The motors are 1 2000 RPM and two 2500 RPM DC brush servos. The ball screws are of unknown pitch at this point, either 4 or 5 TPI. I'm using a 7i29 with a 6i24-25.

A 10k CPR on the 2500 RPM motor would be 1.667 million counts/sec, and on some of the other servo cards this is the theoretical maximum with filtering enabled. I'm just not sure how close I want to be to that theoretical maximum.

Cheers,

Pete

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20 Apr 2016 13:08 #73643 by PCW
With a 6I24 and encoder filtering enabled (and assuming non-muxed encoder counters) the maximum count rate
of the hosttmot2 encoder counters is 4.4 MHz. To get clean signals at that speed is going to require differential signaling
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20 Apr 2016 19:48 #73660 by pbrubaker
Awesome, thanks PCW. I am going with differential signaling encoders. I'm very new to this so please excuse the basic questions.

What would be a reasonable CPR for my case (older VMC?)

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