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Re: Hall Effect Sensor.

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Originally Posted by Rickertsen2
If for example you were to connect them to your drivetrain, you could count the number of pulses they output to figure out how far your robot had traveled. It is also possible to use them to determine the speed at which your robot (or some subassembly) is moving.
So this is how FIRST is killing dead reckoning? Hooking these up next to gears tell you how far you've gone, the accelerometer could tell you if you were straight and now we can drive the robot any direction and know exactly how far. Right?