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Originally Posted by AllenGregoryIV
The FPGA will only let you declare 8 encoders. We are currently using 5 on our robot with out problems.
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Originally Posted by MagiChau
I tried making 5 different encoders in java but I got an error telling me too many encoders.
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Both of you are right.
You can use 4 encoders in 4x decoding, and 8 more in 1x or 2x. This is described in the WPI Robotics Library User's Guide.
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Originally Posted by Trevor1743
I believe that each encoders uses 2 digital input on the digital side card. So theoretically you could use 5 with 1 side card, and 10 with 2 side cards.
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There are 14 DIO lines on the digital sidecar, not 10.