MXH Multiplier Option Manual Description and Configuration
Version 1.6Aerotech, Inc. 1-1
CHAPTER 1: DESCRIPTION AND CONFIGURATION
In This Section:
•Introduction...................................................... 1-1
•Multiplier Signals............................................. 1-2
•Multiplier Board Setup.....................................1-3
•Hardware Configurations ................................. 1-7
•Output Pulse Clock Speed.............................. 1-12
•MXH Multiplier Board Specifications........... 1-14
•Physical Dimensions ...................................... 1-19
•Part Number and Ordering Information ......... 1-20
1.1. Introduction
The MXH multiplier board is designed for use with rotary or linear sine wave encoders to
increase encoder resolution. The MXH, a higher resolution version of the original MX
Multiplier, provides a multiplication factor of times 10, 50, 100, 200, 250, or 500. When
used with an appropriate controller, the quadrature of the output signals provides an
additional times 4 factor to yield the effective multiplication of times 40, 200, 400, 800,
1000, or 2000. Custom values are available from 5 to 2,048 multiplication (after x4
controller multiplication). MXH multiplication factors may vary in .25 increments from
x1 (MXH1) to x256 (MXH256) (i.e., MXH1.25, MXH1.5, … MXH255.75, MXH256).
Possible combinations include any that, when multiplied by 4, equal an integer (i.e.,
acceptable values are x5.25, x5.5, x11, etc.; unacceptable values are x5.4, x5.7, etc).
MXH multiplication factors from x256 (MXH256) to x512 (MXH512) may vary in
increments of 1.0 (i.e., MXH256, MXH257, … MXH511, MXH512). A MXH multiplier
board with the cover off is shown in Figure 1-1.
Figure 1-1. MXH Multiplier Board
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