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Old 11-30-2009, 01:13 AM   #101 (permalink)
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Paul, I'm still stuck on the fancy encoder. Does it tell you absolute shaft position @ 0 RPM or how does it get things moving?

Mike, re: boost converters, I can't make %100 sense out of it from a purely efficiency standpoint. Don't know why Prius is using it exactly, but they are gas powered and might be able to trade some electrical efficiency for weight/cost.

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