Question about VersaPlanetary Integrated Encoder

[Greg Needel]

Originally Posted by slhs

We want to use the VersaPlanetary Integrated Encoder but we do not want to buy Talons for it to connect directly to. Can we connect the Encoder to the Talon SRX Encoder Breakout Board and then solder the necessary wires to that? From there the wires would connect into the roboRIO like any other encoder. I know that the board is typically used in the opposite way (connecting encoders to the Talon). I don't really see anything that wouldn't allow for this, but just want to make sure.

Yes this works. The cheapest way to do this is to buy the cable (which is sold separately, but should have be included in the box) cut it and do an inline splice, so you get 2 splices for each cable. If you splice them to PWM cables, you will need to use 2 Digital ports per encoder. Check out the pinout guide on the users manual to make the correct connections.


I also assume there is a way to solder directly to the board, but the 4 exposed pads are not what I expected, and didn't want to fish around on the board since we already had some cables.