On 25 November 2017 at 16:19, Gene Heskett <[email protected]> wrote:

> Got that running, using rawcounts, but I am not getting an integer number
> for an answer. 14,095.11 for low gear. And 7,161.26 for high gear.

How many counts per rev on the encoder?

You do need to factor that in.

And gear ratios are typically _not_ integers as designers like to put
in a "hunting tooth"

So, a 2:1 gear might be nominally 50:100 but would be designed as
51:100 = 1.961:1

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