Because those things are EXPENSIVE. Don >Why go to such trouble with a slotted disk, if you can buy a ready made >encoder, ball bearings, 3 years warranty? >Wagner > >Donald L Burdette wrote: >> >> Wagner Lipnharski wrote: >> >> >I always wanted to suggest to do a surgery at the >> >motor, and transform it into a pulse generator. >> >> Wagner - >> >> Why go to such trouble, when a simple slotted disk will provide the same >> effect? >> >> Don