# Mounting

## Tips For Mounting

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Mounting Odometry V2 in a rigid way will help to provide the most accurate readings possible. In addition, it helps to ensure that any knocks to the pod will not cause it to become misaligned.
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When mounting Optii Odometry, the recommended height for mounting is 54 - 60 mm from the top of the mounting plate, to the bottom of your drive wheels. These heights ensure that even with tile sink, Odometry V2 will have room to travel freely and have proper traction with the floor.

To make mounting super easy, you can simply bolt into just one side of the top plate as long as the surface you are mounting to is a rigid flat surface. The flat rigid surface of the top plate will result in a secure connection.

Make sure when you attach through the M4 holes that you use some spacers to ensure the pod does not scrape against the side of the part.

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The depth of the tapped M4 threads on the side is 5mm, so make sure your bolts aren't too long.

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## Mounting With Gobilda Hardware

Odometry V2 is well suited to robots that use Gobilda hardware as the odometry pods fit perfectly into the U-Channel and the mounting holes line up. In addition it can be lined up such that the encoder cable can slide right through the 16mm hole in the channel. The below diagram shows the recommended position for mounting Odometry V2 in a U-Channel.

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Odometry V2 can be mounted in 2 directions within the Gobilda U-Channel. A great way to include Odometry V2 in your robot is by placing each of your odometry pods in a U-Channel across your robot.
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Please note that the spacing of Odometry V2 shown above is for promotional purposes. It is better practice to separate the parallel wheels with a larger distance.
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## Mounting with REV Hardware

Odometry V2 is also well suited to robots that use REV hardware as the odometry pods fit perfectly into the U-Channel and the mounting holes line up. In addition it can be lined up such that the encoder cable can slide right through the hole in the channel. The below diagram shows the recommended position for mounting Odometry V2 in a U-Channel.

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Odometry V2 can be mounted in 2 directions within the REV U-Channel. A great way to include Odometry V2 in your robot is by placing each of your odometry pods in a U-Channel across your robot.
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Be careful not to let bolts extend too far downwards to ensure they do not touch the carriage. To avoid this, either find suitable length bolts, or insert the bolts from underneath the top plate.
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## Mounting in a Custom Drivetrain

Mounting with Odometry V2 is super flexible, you can make use of either:

* 3mm holes in 8mm grid on top
* M4 tapped holes in 16mm grid on side


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