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Originally Posted by bobson
Hello everyone!
Got a question to ask 
I have some gears I am trying to use for my setup.
Now big wheel has 131 teeth
Small wheel has 35 teeth
I have another smaller wheel with 16 teeth, but would be hard to drill to fit encoder shaft.
Will this be enough resolution for the encoders I got? Just for visual observing that is of course.
cheers |
131/35 *(128*4) Quadrature = 1916.342
131/16 x (128 *4) Quad again = 4196
Second will be better, but with gear running there will be backlash in the meshing of the gears and consequently errors will be encountered.
Timing gears with tensioning or direct/friction drive will be more effective.
Most encoders work effective on 5000 but for obs, may get away with either.