
16-02-2004, 00:47
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Join Date: May 2001
Rookie Year: 2000
Location: San Jose, CA
Posts: 1,445
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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.
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Ok, thanks.
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Joel Johnson
Division By Zero ( 229) Alumni, 2003-2007
RAGE ( 173) Alumni, 1999-2003
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