Thread: Wiring "3-pin" Shaft Encoder.
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Re: Wiring "3-pin" Shaft Encoder.
That encoder advertises a life of 100,000 cycles. I think it is designed to be an electronic knob, and connecting it to a spinning shaft might rack up the cycles pretty fast.

On the other hand, it doesn't have to work for ten years.