need rotary and linear encoders

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I think that you should add some low cost encoders like this…

http://www.shop.robotikhardware.de/shop … cts_id=135

and this…

http://www.solarbotics.com/products/gmwwk1/

there are also linear encoders, low-cost, a small plastic tape with small lines (like the rotary encoders but linear)

and some gearhead motors with encoder witch is VERY useful for robotics. i believe that this is something that really misses from sparkfun…

I like very much sparkfun it saves me a lot of time and money and encoders are something that i and many others need for our projects… I’d like to see some of this stuff…

Thanks

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Too expensive. Wouldn’t it be easier to buy old ball mice and strip them from there? Each has 2! :stuck_out_tongue:

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noptical:
Too expensive. Wouldn’t it be easier to buy old ball mice and strip them from there? Each has 2! :stuck_out_tongue:

Old printers are better… :smiley:

Yes this could work if only i need only some of them for MY hobby projects…

i can’t use this if i want to make something that i will sell… even for small amounts…

The best solution would be sparkfun to provide motors with encoders build-in…

The small motors that sparkfun has are very good for my projects but they miss encoders…

You know installing encoders (like the first link) is difficult… They are sensitive…

A low-cost encoder (considering that there aren’t too many) would be a bestseller i believe…

I searched internet but couldn’t find that… Except from e-bay of course… :stuck_out_tongue: