Before compensating, the probes had a slight up-tick/down-tick when changing edge:
That is now gone, so I must have done something right:
Yellow, encoder A
Blue, encoder B
Beige encoder A after Schmitt trigger
Green encoder B after Schmitt trigger
But there is still some static that cycles through at a regular rhythm. Here it is at a slower rate so it's more apparent:
This could just be an artifact on the USB port (have that static on PC USB port and external hub). I'll have to test on another 5 VDC power source.
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