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A visual explanation of quadrature encoders, showing why comparing the two output signals reveals direction and why counts exceed the number of teeth.
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Here visualization shows why there will be more counts per revolution than number of tooth -
AlStorm Prime on electronics.stackexchange.com, Jul 2018. CC BY-SA.
