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Re: [FRC Blog] The 2016 Season, by the Numbers 2

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Originally Posted by marshall View Post
So how do we get more encoders on more motors?
If suppliers like Vexpro and Andymark included their integrated encoder options in the pages of the products they work with it could help teams who don't know they exist to look into them.

Take it a step further and have more experienced teams make tutorial videos on how to add sensors to mechanisms (installation, wiring, programming, and basic debugging).

I know from experience that sometimes when teams are building a robot it can come down to the lead purchaser saying, "I saw this on their website maybe this can be useful too". The teams who surf CD daily or eagerly wait for the new product launches aren't as large as one would think. Many teams don't use certain parts because they either don't know it exists or don't know how to use them. Cost can be a factor as well but I'd put it lower on the list on the why teams don't use them.
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