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Originally Posted by Jay O'Donnell
I don't know how good these encoders are, but AM sells a PG-71 with an encoder attached to it that is the same price as one without it. This would be the easy fix but I'm not sure if it's the optimal solution.
Gearbox: http://www.andymark.com/product-p/am-2971.htm |
You need a way to determine a zero position and those encoders don't have an index.
We had a lot of luck with the US Digital MA3 this past year(
http://www.andymark.com/product-p/am-2899.htm) though we didn't buy ours from AM and went straight to US Digital. We also used The AMT encoders for speed and are likely to use a similar setup this year if we go with swerve again.
You might also consider the new magnetic encoders from Cross the Road:
http://www.ctr-electronics.com/senso...c-encoder.html but I'm not sure about the maximum speed it supports and if it would be a good fit or not for this application.