Hey again,
We have some equipment that need encoder input to work - but we do not have an encoder (and do not have space for one). We just use the hall effect sensor on the motor as encoder feedback to the odrive, which works great for the application. But since Im in need of an encoder signal, is it possible to output this from the odrive in any way?
Hi! Apologies for the delay in my reply, this totally slipped through the cracks.
At the moment, this isn’t possible, however future products will have this functionality. Simplest option is of course just grabbing a quadrature encoder and running it both to the ODrive and your other equipment. Alternatively, you could to use an Arduino to read the ODrive position over UART or CAN and output the corresponding encoder signal – basically emulating a quadrature output.