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		bigiain on Nov 9, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Making Electronic Calipers I wonder if this technique could be used in typical stepper motor controlled "step counting" 3d printers and CNC mills, to provide closed loop servo-like control? Have real time micrometer-precision measurements of your x, y, and z axis - and feed that back unto your control loops?

Marthinwurer on Nov 9, 2024 [–]

This is basically how Digital ReadOuts (DROs) work on manual milling machines, and I'd assume they use the same thing on CNC machines as well.

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