Thread: Using Shaft Encoders
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Re: Using Shaft Encoders
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Originally Posted by tbmantia
Does anyone have a picture of how these are physically tied in with the motors? I want to show the team how it worked for others-directly off a drive shaft, using chains or belts, etc.
Where you can connect will have alot to do with your encoder. Some can support higher RPM (like 5000 RPm). Some of the cheap ones can only support 100 RPM or so.


D. Viddy - I assume you used the fast c routines to read the encoders. Could you elaborate?
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