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Re: Encoder direction loss?
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Originally Posted by ayeckley
What we're seeing is that we get good measurements from our encoders, but all four of them report "forward" rotation even when rotated backward. This doesn't seem like the bug that has already been discussed. Any ideas?
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Can I ask what type of encoder you are using? Is it a quadrature encoder or a simple single phase encoder? Both will give accurate distance, but only a quadrature can give distance and direction (Well, unless you play a little magic with your code on the single phase.) 
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