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Re: Connecting encoders

10-bit just refers to the resolution you can expect on the analog input.
It doesn't have anything to do with how it gets physically connected.

0-5 voltage range of possible values (nominal on a cRIO)
10-bit = 1024 discrete possible translations of those voltage values

So 5v/1024 = .00488 volts per position, is the resolution that your code will receive from that analog input.
or 360 degrees/1024 = .35 degrees per tick is another way to look at 10-bit resolution.
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