Jonas | April 14, 2021

David | March 29, 2021

Great shortcut for using Bourns ACE 128 Encoder w/ Arduino!

For High Resolution Absolute Encoder - 128 positions

Works great! Could use a bit of documentation / pictures for mechanical engineers... This saved a ton of time and frustration. Thanks!

Response from Red Hunter | March 29, 2021

My engineering CAD skills are vestigial, but I did find this stp file at the Bourns website. My Eagle board designs are on github with the code. Hopefully you can put them together to meet your needs? https://bourns.com/engineering/ace/eaw0j-c24-xxxxxxx.stp

Knud | March 7, 2021

OK

For High Resolution Absolute Encoder - 128 positions

OK but better documentation is needed for DIY use. Datasheet is too complex .. Transportation took too long.

Response from Red Hunter | March 8, 2021

Sorry about the shipping delay - the US Postal Service is in a bit of a mess at the moment, it's very hit and miss. Usually I'm seeing international shipments delivering in 2 weeks, but there have been a couple where it just sat in a warehouse somewhere for an extra month. Hopefully this will get back to normal later this year.

If you are using these on the Arduino, ignore the ACE datasheet and follow the instructions in the github readme and the comments in the library file and the example sketches. If you are not using these on Arduino and writing support from scratch on another platform, feel free to adapt from the Arduino code.

If stuck, please send me a message through Tindie, I should get a notification and be able to respond quickly.

Connor | Sept. 2, 2020

Jeff | Dec. 3, 2019

Great idea and works perfectly

For OctosonarX2 - connect 16 x HC-SR04 to Arduino

We are building a large robot for commercial demonstration purposes and needed a way to rapidly get from idea to prototype and as such have been looking for turn-key time savers and stumbled on the Octosonar x2. We have purchased the full kit and after a little start and stop in the "how do we connect it?" department everything is now working great. Very well built and the idea is very straight forward.

Lessons learned.. watch the video on YouTube (several times) and you will figure out that you only need the center rows of pins soldered and connected and not the outer ones. Look closely at the cables in the video and you will note that only two per corner board. We did not see this and wondered why we had been shorted on headers and cables. There is nothing printed and not so much in the way of a manual so be prepared to be a little self sufficient in this regard. It all became clear after a little messing about and now works perfectly.

For any that may be curious, we are using the Octosonar x2 as the front half sensors to compliment the Lidar and standard HC-SR04 for the sides and rear. All of this goes back to one dedicated Arduino.

We are very pleased and will soon be purchasing a second set as spare and plan for using it on our next design as well.

Well done creator!

Response from Red Hunter | Dec. 4, 2019

Thanks for the feedback, I'll try and make up a clear diagram for the connections to reduce the head-scratching!