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Re: Angle Sensor for Vex

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Originally Posted by ericand
If you don't need 360 degrees, a potentiomiter works well. We used one this year to measure the tilt of our robot's shooting mechanism. Of course you would need to do some calibration to match the voltage values with the angles that you want to find.
Can you give some detailed info on what size pot you used, and how you hooked it up?