At 03:04 PM 8/19/97 -0400, you wrote:

>Question:
> given the above information does this sound like the proper way to approach
>this project or is there a better / easier or more efficient way of
>attaining my goal. Maybe I have missed something obvious?

The most reliable method IMHO is a set of up/down counters with PIC
reading these via I2C. Its a bit problematic trying to debug a software
based quadrature encoder etc...

Rgds

mike
Perth, Western Australia