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Re: Which shaft encoder to use?

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Originally Posted by Jeff Waegelin
... Grayhill, and is part number 61C11-01-08-02, found on page 1262 of the Digikey catalog. Would these encoders work for my purpose?
It's rated for human hand turning speed. You can't spin the encoder shaft very fast.
So the question becomes how fast (rpm) do you plan on gearing it?
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