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Re: [ATM] Optical Mouse for shaft encoders.

Hello,

No they should not be used.
The reflection patterns (modulations) are not reliable enough.
You would lose pointing accuracy during a session.

Regards,
Rien.

On Apr 6, 2006, at 6:24, Bill Hollenbach wrote:

> Can Optical mouse be used as shaft encoders for RA and DEC sensors??
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