Thread: VEX Optical Shaft encoders in FRC
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Unread 02-10-2005, 15:36
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Re: VEX Optical Shaft encoders in FRC
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Originally Posted by sanddrag
If it were allowed, would VEX Optical shaft encoders be a suitable piece of hardware to use in FRC? I ask because they are very cheap, at $20 for two.
I guess you could, but I'm pretty sure they are not quadature output, and I bet their max speed is pretty low, so if you geared them down enough you could use them, but don't expect the precision that you would get out of one of the grayhill, honeywell, or us digital encoders that go for $40-$60 each.

You get what you pay for with encoders.
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