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Theory of Operation 35
THEORY OF
OPERATION
Croma24 Service Manual
tor) register in the gate array which sets the duty cycle to make
adjustments to the Carrier Assembly speed. A linear optical encoder
is used to monitor the Carrier Assembly position.
The optical encoder strip runs the length of the Stabilizer Bracket
and contains 150 lines and spaces per inch. Thus there are 300
edges per inch. The detector circuit actually consists of two optical
edge detectors. They are separated from each other by one half the
width of one of the optical lines on the encoder strip. This allows 4
evenly spaced pulses to be developed for each line on the encoder
strip. This is known as quadrature signals. It gives an effective
resolution of 600 lines per inch. See Figure 2-8 for a graphical
representation of quadrature signals.
Figure 2-8. Quadrature Signal Generation.