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Re: Recommended Sensors

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Originally Posted by adciv View Post
The main question comes down to what do you want to sense, and then how do you do that.
That's the key question. What do you want to sense?

For our swerve drive, we need to know absolute angle: 360 degrees and stop-less. We use BI Technologies Magnepot Hall Effect Potentiometer Part # 6127V1A360L.5FS to do this. The analog sensor works very well and is ~$11 ea.
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