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We are discussing these pages in the Wangtek 5099 manual: bit.ly/1N4Pguo
And close-up pics of the actual board are on this page: bit.ly/1Je4ufI
Where does the Tachometer signal come from? How is it processed? Does it affect the data read pulse on pin 26 at all?
These are the questions that we were trying to determine when studying these schematics.
We are discussing these pages in the Wangtek 5099 manual: bit.ly/1N4Pguo
And close-up pics of the actual board are on this page: bit.ly/1Je4ufI
Where does the Tachometer signal come from? How is it processed? Does it affect the data read pulse on pin 26 at all?
These are the questions that we were trying to determine when studying these schematics.










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