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Re: Using Digi-Key Shaft Encoders

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Originally Posted by D.Viddy
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.
Ok, thanks.
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