Hello, my team is trying to make the lift to go down but we unfortunately don’t have an encoder. So we are wondering how would we make it and down without an encoder? We were thinking that we should just stop the motor since we would only be using the lift at the last moments of the game; but we don’t want it to just fall down when its hanging because it could damage the robot.
Can you use limit switches?
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If you’re worried about it falling down at the end of the match, look into adding a ratchet.
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That’s what our team used on our climb winch and it works perfectly. You just have to make sure to take the ratchet off when you are unreeling or moving the motor in the opposite direction.
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