Thread: Low Cost Encoders
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Re: Low Cost Encoders
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Originally Posted by team1165wins View Post
Could I have a propeller chip monitoring all the encoders and send all the data to the cRIO, using only 1 i2C digital I/O, or would that be illegal to the FRC rules?
Based on last years rules that would be legal.

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It's not a design approach I would use or recommend.
You have 2 single points of failure. The propeller chip, and I2C.
A failure with either one, and you lose all of your encoder data.
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