Integrating Encoder Into Gearbox

[AustinSchuh]

Originally Posted by mman1506

We just ream a .25 hole and use some retaining compound to permanently attach our encoders to the hex shaft. The wires were then zip tied down without any slop preventing the encoder from rotating. I'm fairly sure 254 does the same thing. Never had any issues with structural integrity.

254 makes it a slight press fit, and secures with the wires.

I spent a long time tuning a PID loop for one of 254's bots, and was only able to fix the issue by securing the pot by a bracket instead of by the wires. Sure, it works most of the time, but I'm no longer willing to take most of the time as an answer.