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From: "leex0248@student.tc.umn.edu" <leex0248@student.tc.umn.edu>
Subject: Re: Shaft encoders for DC gearmotors
To: gray@feline.uucp
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Date: Sat, 19 Feb 1994 06:45:43 GMT
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On Wed, 16 Feb 1994 18:29:11 GMT, Kelly Gray wrote:

>I'm working on building a micromouse myself, and have found an excellent
>source of small optical encoders for position sensing. Find an old, dead
>mouse, and use the encoders from that. The mouse I have has two encoders,
>mounted on a shaft with a small roller. I plan to mount the encoders on
>the micromouse so that the roller rides on the top of one of the drive 
>wheels. This should give me a very accurate measurement of the movement
>that that wheel has made.
>
>It shouldn't be too difficult to mount the encoders so that they can sense
>the movement of a motor. If nothing else, mount them so that the roller
>rides against one of the gears.
>-- 
>
><o_o>    Kelly Gray
>         gray@feline.uucp (preferred)
>         gray@admin.humberc.on.ca
This might be a stupid question, but... how can I find out about the 
workings of these encoders in a mouse?  Any docs, manuals I can read?
Samuel Y.  Lee
