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Unread 22-01-2006, 09:04
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Re: Bizzare Quaderature Behavior

Bjorn,
Were you using LEDs without current limiting resistors? The stated output drive on the endcoder is only 16ma. If you hung a normal LED on that output, without series resistors to limit current, you have likely fried the output(s).
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