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Re: Encoder code with hall effect sensors help

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Originally Posted by brownster
If i swap the sensors the other side the problem just reverses and the other side begins to work correctly
If the problem follows the sensor, then the sensor is the problem.

I don't know how susceptible the Allegro sensors are to electrostatic discharge, but I know ours were working great one morning and were both dead that afternoon. We decided that encoders are the way to go.