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Re: Question about encoders and degree measurements?

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Originally Posted by NHoffmann View Post
Our team needs to use encoders to get degree measurements out of a wheel. Only problem is, the encoders are mounted on the motor, and we cannot re-mount them anywhere else. The gear ratio is 1 motor rotation is 1.2 wheel rotations, and 497 encoder pulses is 1 motor revolution. How would we go about getting the wheel degree measurements from the encoder on the motor?
One motor rotation is 1.2 wheel rotations, so you geared up by 20%?

Anyway, 497 encoder pulses = 1 motor rotation = 1.2 rotation = 436 degrees.

Therefore, one pulse = 432 degrees / 497 = 0.869 degrees.
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