[D.Viddy]

Originally Posted by Joel J.

I am in heavy deliberation at the moment. I am trying to decide whether or not I wish to use a potentiometer or encoder for something relating to the subject of this thread. I am pretty much at a loss for good reasons (I have never used potentiometers or encoders before), so I am wondering why you have a bias that steers more towards an encoder than to a potentiometer.

Because almost all potentiometers that will find will not revolve all the way around. Also pots wear out very easily when attached to a constantly rotating shaft. Last years controller was too slow for using an encoder. This years processor has no trouble keeping up with a 256 tick encoder. We have ours controlling our motors beautifully right now. Dead recoding is incredably precise with them. It's not a bias, it's just one is better than the other.