bollie7
5th Apr 2017, 07:14 PM
Gday .
I salvaged an old, early electronic theodolite from a dumpster death at work. They haven't been used for years and this one had damaged optics.
I basically grabbed it to pull it apart to see what was inside.
I'm not an electronics person so have no idea.
It has 2 circular glass scales with some sort of reader attached.
I have all the electronics but I didn't test anything before disassembly. It was probably still working.
These things are pretty accurate in measuring angles and I was wondering if they would be of use to someone as encoders?
If anyone wants them they can have them if they pay for the postage.
The one on the right is for the horizontal axis and the one on the left for the vertical axis. Horizontal is designed to read complete 360deg.
Not shown in the pics are the rest of the boards.
peter
I salvaged an old, early electronic theodolite from a dumpster death at work. They haven't been used for years and this one had damaged optics.
I basically grabbed it to pull it apart to see what was inside.
I'm not an electronics person so have no idea.
It has 2 circular glass scales with some sort of reader attached.
I have all the electronics but I didn't test anything before disassembly. It was probably still working.
These things are pretty accurate in measuring angles and I was wondering if they would be of use to someone as encoders?
If anyone wants them they can have them if they pay for the postage.
The one on the right is for the horizontal axis and the one on the left for the vertical axis. Horizontal is designed to read complete 360deg.
Not shown in the pics are the rest of the boards.
peter