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Re: An idea

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Originally posted by Jon Lawton
I don't know if anyone has thought of this before, but, the sensors don't have to be used to see the retroreflectors, right? As long as they are perpendicular to a reflective surface, they will work. SO... why not use them keep track of wheel speed? Or positions of rotating pneumatic shafts? Or anything else you can make two colors...
My team is using them as a sort of rotational sensor to measure the position of a large axis.
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