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(11-17-2014 09:20 PM)xavier.padulles Wrote:  The resistance in our encoder is larger than the MuscleLab one becouse we found that in rapid movements it was necessary to have a better spring. If not, the encoder didn't retuned in time and get loose after the returning phase of the wire.

Because of the more accurate measurements of our encoder it has a greater inertia, but it is compensated with the stronger mechanism to make it return.

In a quick measurement our encoder makes a force equivalent to 350 grams, if you want you can add this weight as external load to have a more accurate measurements.

If you don't have a magnetic surface to avoid the movement of the encoder, you can always put a weight above it.

Hi Xavier
Thanks for your reply. It's interesting that you have a total opposite experience of the two encoders than I have. My experience is that the Hontko-encoder jumps the drum in fast movements (I've had to fix it twice) because of the higher inertia and therefore have exactly the problem you describe in the musclelab-encoder. It have only happened once in the MuscleLab-encoder. To be fair I don't think it would happen in any test we perform here but my experience is that the musclelab-encoder is the better one in both form, function and in the way it's constructed.

Just my two cents, but that is why I want to use it instead. The hontko-encoder is definitely good enough by a good margin so I don't mind using it especially now that I have a detachable cable between it and the chronopic. An as you said in your firs post, I can still use the musclelab-encoder and do the math manually instead.

//Knappen