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Re: Looking at trying new things for next year. Fits into electrical and programming

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Originally Posted by gappleto97 View Post
6) how do you wire encoders into the system? It's just that simple. What ports where? Etc.
Encoders are not that hard. Let's say you want to put them onto the drivetrain motor gearboxes, all you need to do this is place an encoder onto the gearbox shaft and connect the cable to one of the Digital I/O ports on the Digital Sidecar. This works with the present DSC. As you probably know, the DSC and the cRIO will be both incorporated into the roboRIO as of the 2015 season (https://decibel.ni.com/content/docs/DOC-30419). So more details will probably come out in Fall as to how we would use the new Digital I/O ports on the roboRIO. For more details on encoders at the present time, go to http://files.andymark.com/E4P_datasheet.pdf.
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