Reading Digital caliper with Arduino

[EdK]

(03-12-2015, 03:55 PM)Vinny Wrote: How are you guys connecting to the caliper?  I looked into connectors for it but LMS seems to be the only ones that have 'em and they want $18 for the cheapest one.  Shars *had* them but it doesn't appear they still do and they haven't answered my email yet.  I didn't want to solder onto mine but may have to.  No need to look for my scope, it's about 10 feet away - TEK 2432 digital storage.  The analog TEK is downstairs in the shop.  Probes already with them. :)

Those connectors are almost impossible to find. You have to purchase the expensive cable assemblies and lop one end off and put a connector on it to interface to your board. I would just solder wires to the digital calipers and put a connector on the other end to interface to your board.

I have a Tektronix 2467B, 400MHz, 4-channel scope. It seems to be working fine even though it throws an "Error 04 Test 03" on start up. That's something to do with a memory chip. I'll investigate it more thoroughly at some point.

Ed