Vasile wrote: > why opto and not a stepper in reversed way ? It's there, its cheap and > it's easy to use with two comparators. More robust and clean than any > homebrew optical encoder. Can you point me to links describing how to use the stepper in the manner you describe? TIA Regards, Stephen D. Barnes -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics