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Re: How to measure wheel revolutions

We have proximity sensors with a very short range (a few mm) pointed directly at the sproket turning our back wheel. The sensors are rigged to interrupts in the program (which can be either rising edge or change). From there it is pretty easy to go to RPM.
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