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Re: Which sensors should be used throughout the robot?
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Originally Posted by Thad House
It also cost more then $200 just for 1 50 inch one. An encoder is a much cheaper option, and your only option in budget if you need more then 50 inches of travel.
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We 3d printed an adapter and housing to connect a tape measure to a 10 turn potentiometer as our lift has around 60 inches of travel. Total cost: around 1/4th of an encoder. We also could not use an encoder easily because of our gearbox configuration.
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