Acquire signals with shaft encoder rt

Dear Forum members,
I have a cRIO and using RT to acquire pressure, temperature, speed and torque signals. I'm also using a shaft encoder of which one of its two channels gives 360 pulses per rev ( 1deg per pulse). I want to acquire another 2 pressure signals per every degree say for 2 to 3 revs. The problem I'm facing is, being inexperience in labview RT, that I'm not too sure how it is done. I have tried to search for examples and could not find any or may be I have not search in the right place.
I would be much aprreciated if you could guide me where to look for it. I have attached an image of the main part of the block diagram.
Regards,
Ash
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Are you asking about the logic to read the pressure transducer value? The speed you are reading is a calibrated value ( conevrted to Engineering unit - rpm)?
I see the configuration of your timed loop as 1KHz and the dt is 1000 so you are iterating the loop every 1 second, not a right approach. Since you have the RT controller you can go for 1KHz with dt = 1 without any problem. Also do not pass the error wire sequentially it may slow down your execution when you are going at a higher rate.
What is the max speed at which you will run? Any specific requirement of acquiring pressure/degree rotation?
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