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Re: Keeping two motors in sync

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Originally Posted by kylelanman View Post
We linked them with a criss-cross chain and 2 sprockets and then tied them together in software under the control of 1 PID controller and 1 encoder.
Belt and suspenders? No argument here.

OBTW, by "criss-cross chain", you don't mean a figure 8, do you? It's an idea I had about two years ago when thinking about linkage drives, and that we tried to implement as a novelty in our "infinite possibilities" sign over the pit last year. Operationally, it sounds like a recipe for short chain life.
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