Favorite Sensors

[Gdeaver]

For a 360 degree no dead band angular position sensor, I like the cost and performance of the TT Optek 6127V1a360L.5FS. It has worked very well for our swerve steering position sensing. For a quadrature encoder we are looking at the CUI AMT102-V. You can set the CPR by dip switches. So one unit can give 32 to 1024 CPR. We made a mount for it out of PVC with 2 ball bearings and a 1/4" shaft. For a tach the Melexis US2882 Hall effect bipolar latching switch has worked well for many teams. We are exploring the use of a Invensense MPU-6050 3 axis gyro and accelerometer this summer. One of the most stable gyro's that is affordable I have looked at yet.