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Re: Using Digi-Key Shaft Encoders

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Originally Posted by WizardOfAz
My concern about encoders was the CPU utilization, though I didn't much more than guess about this issue. Any estimates what it will take to track an encoder that reads 128 or better pulses per rev?
How many counts per second? Several hundred per second shouldn't be a problem. While testing my encoder code, I noticed that the controller could keep up with a peak count rate of just over 5,000/counts/second.

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