Thanks for the info Paul.
Another quick question about the Photon and Quadurature Encoding.
I’m using the encoder to track the left & right movement + Up and Down movement of a solar panel so the movement will be very slow and will never make a 360 degree rotation. Other than that the Photon will just be reading GPS location data and calculating the current suns position which takes not much time and only happens every 5 mins or so.
Do you think there would be any benefit to using a separate chip like this that is designed to simply keep track of the encoders output and then just use the Photon to read the current position when ever needed?
The main benefit I see with the LS7366R encoder counting chip is that it only uses micro amps while ON while the Photon uses much more power than that.
Other than that is there any reason the Photon would not be up to the job of reading the A & B outputs from the magnetic encoder chip?
Here is the chip I’m evaluating and it works great. http://ams.com/eng/Products/Magnetic-Position-Sensors/Linear-Position/AS5311
This is all new to me so I’m asking questions for clarifications. I’m pretty sure the Photon could do the job just fine but I’m not 100% sure about that 