Here are a few pictures:
nomex isolation (I'm trying to avoid the weird shaped tabs on the ring capacitor, so i drill 4 holes, and then cut with little clippers):
I tested the RPM and the encoder by hooking up a motor and spinning the post slowly with my hand:
One way it said negative, the other way it was positive! That's good. And it seemed to be accurate. I was spinning it slowly, and the units were revolutions/second * 16. It's *16 for extra resolution.
