Encoder Mode - Measurement Computing PCI-2513 User Manual

PCI-2513 User's Guide Functional Details
Figure 10.Optimal debounce time for trigger before stable mode
Trigger after stable mode behaves more like a traditional debounce function: rejecting glitches and only passing
state transitions after a required period of stability. Trigger after stable mode is used with electro-mechanical
devices like encoders and mechanical switches to reject switch bounce and disturbances due to a vibrating
encoder that is not otherwise moving. The debounce time should be set short enough to accept the desired input
pulse but longer than the period of the undesired disturbance as shown in Figure 11.
Figure 11. Optimal debounce time for trigger after stable mode

Encoder mode

Rotary shaft encoders are frequently used with CNC equipment, metal-working machines, packaging
equipment, elevators, valve control systems, and in a multitude of other applications in which rotary shafts are
involved.
The encoder mode allows the PCI-2513 to make use of data from optical incremental quadrature encoders. In
encoder mode, the PCI-2513 accepts single-ended inputs. When reading phase A, phase B, and index Z signals,
the PCI-2513 provides positioning, direction, and velocity data.
The PCI-2513 can receive input from up to two encoders.
The PCI-2513 supports quadrature encoders with a 16-bit (counter low) or a 32-bit (counter high) counter,
20 MHz frequency, and X1, X2, and X4 count modes. With only phase A and phase B signals, two channels are
supported; with phase A, phase B, and index Z signals, 1 channel is supported. Each input can be debounced
from 500 ns to 25.5 ms (total of 16 selections) to eliminate extraneous noise or switch induced transients.
Encoder input signals must be within -5 V to +10 V and the switching threshold is TTL (1.3V).
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