Originally Posted by
bdillard
Question from newbie:
I have happened upon some encoders that are listed as "brushed dc servo motor encoders". I didn't realize encoders were specific to brushed or brushless motors. Is this actually the case?
Brushless encoders are usually specific to a certain motor , especially if they have commutation tracks on them.
For DC Brushed motors just about any kind of encoder can be used, even Brushless encoders as they usually contain the quadrature output as well as the commutation, which can be ignored.
Al.
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