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Re: Encoder Wiring Quesiton

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Originally Posted by evileye917
OK... I was searching for how to hookup the Agilent quadrature encoder our team is using. I came across this site and searched but my questions weren't completely answered.

Our encoder has 4 wires: Phase A, B, Gnd, +5V. My question is how are they hooked on the RC? I get that the A and B are hooked separately. Are both hooked to the SIG slots? Secondly, are the Gnd and +5V inputs hooked to other Digital I/O pins or a set of the above?

Thanks for any help you can provide.
The A & B lines connect to two different SIG (inside) pins, either interrupts (1-6) or simple digital inputs (7 and above).
Gnd connects to the ground or "black" (outside) digital pin
+5v connects to the center pin for your power.

Typically we connect the A, +5v, and Gnd to one of the digital input sets and the B line to another.
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