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Re: US Digital Encoders - How many CPR?

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Originally Posted by Ether View Post
The quadrature encoder uses two separate DIO channels. On each channel, there are only 2 edges per cycle (one rising and one falling).

So shouldn't the max be 153K/2 instead of 38K? Or do the two FPGA channels get tied together somehow when you configure them for quadrature decoding, so that each channel is no longer capable of 153K?



My understanding is that the 4 quadrature decoders just use a single counter, counting rising and falling edges on two discrete lines which is why it is 38K max (and keeps track of A and B phase for direction). I do not believe it use two separate counters for each DIO channel.
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