Fantasy Product's-what u wish was made

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Originally Posted by mman1506

An incremental encoder "stage" for a VersaPlanetary that is linked directly to the output shaft.

Step 1: Drill a 1/4in hole 3/4in deep into the center of the output shaft

Step 2: Use a hacksaw to cut down the center of the shaft to the same depth as the hole.

Step 3: Assemble VersaPlanetary and mount onto robot.

Step 3: Put a 1/2in hex shaft collar around the end of the shaft.

Step 4: Cut a piece of thin polycarb and drill a 3/8in hole near one end.

Step 5: Use a nut to screw an incremental encoder, absolute encoder, single turn potentiometer*, or 10 turn potentiometer into the hole in the polycarb.

Step 6: Insert shaft of sensor into hole in the output shaft.

Step 7: Tighten shaft collar.

Step 8: Attach the loose end of the polycarb to any nearby piece of the robot.

We did this on 9 out of 11 of the VersaPlanetaries on our robot. It was so simple, and just worked. Should accomplish what you want fairly well.

*I don't have the link for where we bought these, but I doubt it would be difficult to find them with the right shaft size.