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Measuring motor speed

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29-01-2013, 09:15

Hugh Meyer Hugh Meyer is offline

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Re: Measuring motor speed

The encoders that come in the kit of parts are very good for this. Run the wires to the cRIO or to a Jaguar. Both devices will give you speed. We mount directly to the CIM motors and they have no trouble keeping up with 5K rpm. It should go on up to 20K rpm without any trouble. If you are concerned about that you could get the lowest line count encoder. They are simple to install, cheap, reliable, and directly interface to two systems we use.

-Hugh

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