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Unread 15-06-2005, 15:10
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Re: Which shaft encoder to use?

Jeff,
Go to the Grayhill site to be sure, but many of these encoders are not continuous rotation. The flag for me was the spec that an operational cycle was a full rotation through all positions and a return to zero. Since one application is for frequency set on a radio this may be only a 250-270 degree rotation with 32 detents. When checking devices be sure to find the spec on the maximum allowable rotational speed as well.
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