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Originally Posted by team-4480
I want to be able to control our PG71 with the included encoder with servo like control.
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Yes, you can do that with the hardware you described, but you'll have to have a reference position. If you always boot the robot with the mechanism in a known position (like against a hard stop), that can be your reference. That reference can be any value you choose.
Then you need to do what's called "closed-loop position control".
Most teams use a PID closed-loop controller for this. Try searching for those keywords and you'll get lots of relevant hits.