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Originally Posted by gc_coxen
My team is experimenting with WCD this summer and we've begun discussing the various ways to go about mounting encoders. The three options we've thought of are mounting to the ouput shaft of the gearbox, mounting to one of the wheel axles, or utilizing a CIMencoder.
What have your teams used and what have you learned from it? Pros? Cons? Would you do anything differently?
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We mount it to a wheel shaft. Gearbox output shaft usually doesn't have enough clearance for Grayhill encoders we use.
CIMcoder worked great for our shooter motor this year. We had no issues at all once we got the system mounted correctly. Don't think I would put one on a drive train gearbox. Those CIM's are usually not easy to remove if the encoder required maintenance.
David