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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.
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As Dylan and others have pointed out, potentiometers have problems when used for positioning/control. Encoders, on the other hand, are designed for this type of application. You can find some example encoder code
here.
-Kevin