Code for Optical Encoders

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I’ve looked, but I haven’t found any code for the optical shaft encoders. Anyone know of any resources for it? (Using MPLAB)

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VexLabs has sensor test code as well as other Vex programming resources on the downloads page. The sensor test has sample code for the encoders in the user_routines_sensor_test_fast.c file.

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WPILib also has built-in support for optical encoders (either quadrature or single-line). You just call a function to start it and another to get the value whenever you want it. You can get WPILib here.. WPILIb can be used with MPLab or eclipse and has a complete set of functions to support all the FIRST supplied sensors (including the CMU Camera) as well as a number of others.

Brad

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