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Re: Hall Effect Latch as an encoder/counter?

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Originally Posted by cgmv123 View Post
The counting is independent from the loop. The FPGA (hardware) does the actual counting. All your code does is ask it for it's current count. Note that the FPGA can only handle up to ~39000 pulses per second.
I'm not familiar with FPGA hardware. Is that something in the digital sidecar or the digital module? How would one access the current count in the code?
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