Thank you for the clarification.
I am already in talks with the people involved in the project for getting the 1047 you mentioned, but before that I want to know:

Are there are any examples in C/C++ code to use the 1047 with a Phidgets SBC3 using Debian?
Or rather C/C++ for use with Linux.

Oh I see, so the issue is related to the pulses/count per second of the input. Is there any other way to read the encoder which doesn't involve additional hardware? Maybe with interruptions or something similar. I ask because I am using currently four DC motors, each one with their respective encode...

Good day, Phidget Community. Last week I was trying to connect this particular model of encoder: http://www.robotshop.com/en/lynxmotion-qme-01-quadrature-encoder.html#Specifications Alongside the Phidgets SBC3. I managed to get some sort of output by using an example I found online, the output is as...