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Re: Is this a "digital sextant"?
From: Don Seltzer
Date: 2019 Aug 16, 15:26 -0400
From: Don Seltzer
Date: 2019 Aug 16, 15:26 -0400
Likely a synchro resolver which is something like a motor but used as a sensor. Typically used to transmit rotary position to a second twin unit, but sometimes connected to electronics that could convert the signal to an analog voltage proportional to angle.
Don Seltzer
On Fri, Aug 16, 2019 at 1:18 PM Bill Lionheart <NoReply_Lionheart@fer3.com> wrote:
Found on the online collection of the Royal Greenwich Museum https://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/256558.html The description says the micrometer is motorized. My first thought was it was a rotary encoder rather than a motor. Any ideas?
Bill L.
