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Re: Quadrature encoders

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Originally Posted by Neal Turett
We tried this on this years robot, and after hours of debugging realized that it's not always reliable - if the motor suddenly reverses direction, mechanical lash will throw off your readings.
You can prevent that sort of thing in software. That's why PID-type control laws are so great
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