Thread: High speed encoders
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Re: High speed encoders
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Originally Posted by RB73 View Post
Our team would like to have feedback from our shooter wheels, but we know that a problem occurs when there is feedback of 5000 RPM and over. Does anyone have suggestions as to how to get speed feedback from the wheels?
The encoders that come in the kit are rated at up to 10,000 rpm. Even at that speed, that's only ~42,000 counts per second. 24 microseconds should be plenty long enough between counts for the CRio to handle... I hope? Or is there something here I'm missing?
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