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Question Re: Optical Encoders

Along these lines...

a) What encoders from Digikey have teams had success with? What part numbers? Are these up for the rigors of competition?

b) Where do most teams mount encoders on the wheel shafts? on a special gear for encoding?

c) How counts per revolutoin (CPR) do most teams use? What design strategy do most teams use when seleteting CPR and encoders in general?

d) Custom circuits? Or us RC PIC interrupts directly? What the trade-offs?

Just curiuos.