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Re: Consistent Encoder RPM Issues

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Originally Posted by meltbox360 View Post
So the problem is that the Crio is randomly dropping ticks or is it that the timer is trying to measure immensely small time periods and failing to do so accurately?
The second one. Once the period of the ticks gets sufficiently small, you may only be able to measure in buckets of 5-10% of your RPM.
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