This is part 653-EE-SB5V from mouser.com. It is an amplified microsensor with built-in LED and receiver which operates at 5mm distance from the trigger which is basically a whiter spot,strip or contrast change surface.
I'm intending to mount this sensor to use as an rpm indicator and for coordinated threading with MACH2's Turn threading feature soon to be implimented.
How would I best wire this? Where does the 5V come from? Through the parallel port 5+v because of low current?
Has anyone else installed a similar device? Where might it be physically mounted and what kind of reflective tape does one use to generate the signals?
I have the Shoptask 3 in 1 Bridgemill and will be mounting one of these on both the Lathe spindle and the mill spindle.
The machine is set up with servos, three gecko 320s, 39V power supply from Camtronics, and of course Mach2.
Thanks for anyone who can help here..
John