Re: Payback to this group

Don Foreman writes:

Gray code is relevant to absolute encoders, not to incremental
encoders. An absolute encoder will give correct position even if
the encoder was moved during a power-down situation.

Quadrature encoders are both incremental and absolute by virtue of the
index pulse, if you have cheap electronics, and you can tolerate homing in
the application.
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