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Re: Inexpensive Slip Ring for Turret

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Originally Posted by RyanShoff View Post
We used these last season:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/LARGE-CURREN...item19f8151b35

Not quite what you wanted, but close.
Six wires should be enough for two motors with feedback, if you can get enough power through two 30A breakers. Put two Talon SRXs on the turret. Run power for them and one CAN pair. Terminate the CAN bus on the turret so you don't need it to return. Then wire sensors to the SRX inputs. You have four limit switches and at least two encoders or analog sensors you can connect, getting all that info back and forth through two wires.
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