View Single Post
  #15   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 09-14-2016, 03:04 PM
FrankJ's Avatar
FrankJ FrankJ is offline
Robot Mentor
FRC #2974 (WALT)
Team Role: Mentor
 
Join Date: Feb 2011
Rookie Year: 2009
Location: Marietta GA
Posts: 1,888
FrankJ has a reputation beyond reputeFrankJ has a reputation beyond reputeFrankJ has a reputation beyond reputeFrankJ has a reputation beyond reputeFrankJ has a reputation beyond reputeFrankJ has a reputation beyond reputeFrankJ has a reputation beyond reputeFrankJ has a reputation beyond reputeFrankJ has a reputation beyond reputeFrankJ has a reputation beyond reputeFrankJ has a reputation beyond repute
Re: Encoder Question / Recomendation

I prefer the 360 to the 270 degree potentiometers. The 270 ones have a hard stop that can break in your mechanical guys are careless on the installation. On the 360 ones you have to be sure that the usable range doesn't include the 0 to 360 cross over. The other thing to watch for is the two types of potentiometer: linear and logarithmic. You want a linear one for positioning.
__________________
If you don't know what you should hook up then you should read a data sheet
Reply With Quote