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Re: S4 and MAE3 encoders..,. What?

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Originally Posted by matthewdenny View Post
In the second picture how is the encoder connected to the shaft?

Also doesn't the surgical tubing cause cause the encoder to not reliably show the angle of the shaft?
Generally you use the surgical tubing method for incremental encoders unless I am mistaken, so the error is minimal.
For the MA3, you stick it into a 3/8" hole and screw the nut onto teh threads to keep it in place. Then you stick into a hole at the end of a shaft and set screw it tight.