Thread: pic: How do you put an encoder on the FP Gearbox?
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Re: pic: How do you put an encoder on the FP Gearbox?
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Originally Posted by sanddrag
Gear tooth sensors only work on gears made from ferrous metals. Fisher price gears are plastic.
I suggested counting pinion teeth. The motor pinion is metal. A geartooth sensor such as Allegro's ATS665 will generate one pulse per pinion tooth at rates up to 20 kHz, which should be sufficient for the FP speed range.

But maybe JV was asked to use a Vex encoder for some reason?
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