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Re: Anyone heard more about the Ekocycle 3D printer?
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Originally Posted by Qbot2640
I don't know what your application is, or what encoder you're using, but last year we mounted a magnetic rotary encoder over our shooter's tilt pivot to measure the angle. The 3D printed mount method worked perfectly to hold the encoder, but we had a great deal of trouble keeping the encoder's chip perfectly aligned above the magnet. It would give us bad values when it strayed. We ultimately replaced it with a potentiometer, which was much better for our application...just keep it in mind if you're doing something similar.
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We're using them as an incremental encoders for our drive train. This worked very well last year, allowing us to implement an automatic transmission for our Super Shifters. This year, we purchased AMS encoders from Mouser and will integrate them onto Toughboxes.
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