I found a 14bit absolute encoder with a native SPI or/and I2C interface: http://www.ams.com/eng/Magnetic-Encoders/AS5048 One disadvantage of this type of encoder is that it is the chip only, so I need to make a housing for it. Other absolute encoders are available as well, but they have interfaces s...

Thanks for your posts, Ivan and Joan, I understand everything a bit better now. So using the GPIOs and proper 5V to 3V3 conversion and reading out channels A and B might do the trick. Indeed, the max rotational speed is crucial (half a rotation per second max), and with the high resolution, I guess ...

No, I am aiming for less than that - maybe half a rotation per second (max). Am I even being realistic? I am new to this, and I am trying to learn as much as I can. How difficult would it be to get this working? I am not sure what you mean with an effective divide by 16 (I don't think so by the way)...

Hi all, I was hoping if you could help me with the following. I would like to use a Gurley RS119 quadrature incremental encoder and connect it to Raspberry Pi. The data sheet for this encoder can be found here: http://www.gpi-encoders.com/PDF/R119.pdf . So have two questions, hardware and software r...

Hi Joan, Awesome, thanks! I noticed that I made a mistake regarding the rotation rate, it should be around 2 rotations per second, so 131072 encoder transitions per second. Is that still possible? Also, can I use SSi or BiSS interfaces with Raspberry Pi for the encoder? I tried to google it, but no ...

Hi! I would like to read a very high resolution rotary encoder (16bit, i.e. 65536 counts per revolution), rotating at 10rpm. Then, I would like to send the encoder position to another computer using Ethernet or WiFi (as fast as possible, I would like to send the position via UDP at least 600x per se...