17-02-2015, 17:05
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Technical Director
AKA: Gus Michel II
 FRC #3946 (Tiger Robotics) Team Role: Mentor
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Join Date: Jan 2014
Rookie Year: 2013
Location: Slidell, LA
Posts: 3,594
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Re: Question about encoders and degree measurements?
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Originally Posted by NHoffmann
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?
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Originally Posted by Ether
Interestingly, 497 = 71*7. Coincidence?
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Originally Posted by Joe Ross
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That would explain why you might want to gear up a bit. I'm guessing that the SpinBox drives the wheel.
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