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15-04-2016, 23:13

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Re: Legal Encoders

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Originally Posted by Ether

Are you recommending against using an absolute sensor for the OP's application?

On this note, I actually prefer using incremental encoders for absolute rotary applications. I don't have to worry about overflowing/turnover and they are easy to zero out if they slip in a match, which happens even when we set screw our encoder shafts.
Continuous potentiometers are cheaper than encoders, but I can make my own encoders cheaper than even those.

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