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Re: LabVIEW Encoder not reliably returning Rate

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Originally Posted by kamocat View Post
The workaround is to recreate the "rate" from the "distance".
You subtract the previous distance from the latest distance, and divide by the seconds in between the two measurements.

Or use CAN.
Distance is just an integration of rate; If distance works then rate must work too, right? Or more clearly written, if rate doesn't work then distance won't work either.
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