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02-01-2005, 20:11

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Re: Using Digi-Key Shaft Encoders

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Originally Posted by sudeepr71

On your last year's robot you used it to see how far to go and then turn or something for the autonomous mode? We tried that and found that it wasn't as accurate as the line following.

So to find the speed, one would have two encoders at different times and subtract them?

Just one encoder to get distance and speed. You can use the timer support to get an accurate time base and distance/time to get the speed.

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