At 1:11 AM -0700 7/24/98, Aldi Navarro wrote:


> Good day !
>
> Presently I'm doing a counter for my transformer winder machine using
> this 16C84.
> However, I need to determine the direction of the rotation in order to
> know the
> correct no. of turns by considering the addition and subtruction of
> turns which depends
> on the direction of the rotation of my motor.
>
> Can anybody  give an idea on the way to detect the direction of the
> motor in simplest
> manner or any.

If you just want simple, connect a magnet to the shaft, and put a coil
around it. It then becomes a small generator. Add a diode, and a zero
voltage is CCW or stopped (or really slow), and + voltage is CW.
Should be good enough for a winding machine. -Chuck-

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Chuck Rice                                     <mailto:Chuck@WildRice.com>