Blog Home

Build a tachometer for your metal lathe with Arduino

Arduino TeamJanuary 2nd, 2019

If you manage to get a small lathe in your home shop, it will likely come with a dial to adjust the speed, but it may not have a tachometer to tell you if it’s actually spinning at your desired setting. Rather than accept this imprecision on his model, hacker Tony Scarpelli designed his own non-contact tachometer using an Arduino Nano.

The build is ingeniously simple, and mounts an infrared proximity sensor near gearing in the back of the lathe’s headstock. White paper is placed on this rotating surface, allowing the sensor to tell between this marker and the otherwise dark surface as it spins. Sensor pulses are recorded by the Arduino, which outputs RPM values on a small 16×2 LCD display.

Boards:Nano
Categories:ArduinoFeatured

17 Responses to “Build a tachometer for your metal lathe with Arduino”

  1. website design company Says:

    website design company

    “[…]Arduino Blog » Build a tachometer for your metal lathe with Arduino[…]”

  2. digital marketing Says:

    digital marketing

    “[…]Arduino Blog » Build a tachometer for your metal lathe with Arduino[…]”

  3. website designing company Says:

    website designing company

    “[…]Arduino Blog » Build a tachometer for your metal lathe with Arduino[…]”

  4. adword agency Says:

    adword agency

    “[…]Arduino Blog » Build a tachometer for your metal lathe with Arduino[…]”

  5. web design bpo Says:

    web design bpo

    “[…]Arduino Blog » Build a tachometer for your metal lathe with Arduino[…]”

  6. web designer Says:

    web designer

    “[…]Arduino Blog » Build a tachometer for your metal lathe with Arduino[…]”

  7. 99Gbp Website Says:

    99Gbp Website

    “[…]Arduino Blog » Build a tachometer for your metal lathe with Arduino[…]”

  8. web design Says:

    web design

    “[…]Arduino Blog » Build a tachometer for your metal lathe with Arduino[…]”

  9. More Information Says:

    More Information

    “[…]Arduino Blog » Build a tachometer for your metal lathe with Arduino[…]”

  10. Read Article Says:

    Read Article

    “[…]Arduino Blog » Build a tachometer for your metal lathe with Arduino[…]”

  11. Website Designer Says:

    Website Designer

    “[…]Arduino Blog » Build a tachometer for your metal lathe with Arduino[…]”

  12. pay per click Says:

    pay per click

    “[…]Arduino Blog » Build a tachometer for your metal lathe with Arduino[…]”

  13. search engine ranking Says:

    search engine ranking

    “[…]Arduino Blog » Build a tachometer for your metal lathe with Arduino[…]”

  14. Visit My Website Says:

    Visit My Website

    “[…]Arduino Blog » Build a tachometer for your metal lathe with Arduino[…]”

  15. ppc agency Says:

    ppc agency

    “[…]Arduino Blog » Build a tachometer for your metal lathe with Arduino[…]”

  16. reseller web designer Says:

    reseller web designer

    “[…]Arduino Blog » Build a tachometer for your metal lathe with Arduino[…]”

  17. related homepag Says:

    related homepag

    “[…]Arduino Blog » Build a tachometer for your metal lathe with Arduino[…]”

Leave a Reply

You must be logged in with your Arduino account to post a comment.