Kodak NOVAJET 700 - Manual (Page 36)

2-12 Theory of Operation
NovaJet 500/630/700 Series Service Manual
Servo Motor Controller
GATE
ARRAY
MOTOR
DRIVER SERVO
CONNECTOR
CARRIAGE
CONNECTOR
SERVO
MOTOR
CARRIAGE
ENCODER
MAIN PWA
Figure 2-8. Servo Motor Controller.
The Carriage Assembly is driven by the Servo Motor. The speed of the
Carriage Assembly is controlled by varying the duty cycle of the signal
applied to the controller. The microprocessor checks the position of the
Carriage Assembly approximately 1,000 times per second (during the
servo interrupt). It then updates the PWM (pulse width modulator)
register in the gate array which sets the duty cycle to make adjust-
ments to the Carriage Assembly speed. A linear optical encoder is used
to monitor the Carriage 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 quadra-
ture signals. It gives an effective resolution of 600 lines per inch. See
figure 2-9 for a graphical representation of quadrature signals. For 300
dpi resolution, one of the detectors is not used.