def left_wheel_callback(pin):
    if (pin == 5):
        if (counter == 0):
            start_time = time.time()
            counter = 1
        else:
            left_pulse_time = time.time() - start_time
            left_vel = dist / left_pul_time
            left_rpm = (left_vel * 60) / (2 * math.pi * 7.5)
            counter = 0
            print("left encoder pul: ", left_pulse_time)
            print("left RPM: ", left_rpm)

def right_wheel_callback(pin):
    if (pin == 23):
        if (counter == 0):
            start_time = time.time()
            counter = 1
        else:
            right_pulse_time = time.time() - start_time
            right_vel = dist / right_pul_time
            right_rpm = (right_vel * 60) / (2 * math.pi * 7.5)
            counter = 0
            print("right encoder pul: ", right_pulse_time)
            print("right RPM: ", right_rpm)

GPIO.add_event_detect(5, GPIO.RISING, callback=left_wheel_callback)
GPIO.add_event_detect(23, GPIO.RISING, callback=right_wheel_callback)

GPIO.add_event_detect(5, GPIO.RISING, callback=left_wheel_callback)
#GPIO.add_event_detect(23, GPIO.RISING, callback=right_wheel_callback)

# simply commenting one callback out to test for both wheels respectively.

left encoder pul:  0.0592479705811
left rpm:  28.1303587333
left encoder pul:  0.0584199428558
left rpm:  28.5290704714
left encoder pul:  0.056792974472
left rpm:  29.346352822
left encoder pul:  0.0551149845123
left rpm:  30.2398101245
left encoder pul:  0.0555770397186
left rpm:  29.9884030367

right encoder pul:  0.0564210414886
right rpm:  29.539806829
right encoder pul:  0.056529045105
right rpm:  29.4833684802
right encoder pul:  0.0555770397186
right rpm:  29.9884030367
right encoder pul:  0.0557889938354
right rpm:  29.8744707887
right encoder pul:  0.0559689998627
right rpm:  29.7783893004

GPIO.add_event_detect(5, GPIO.RISING, callback=left_wheel_callback)
GPIO.add_event_detect(23, GPIO.RISING, callback=right_wheel_callback)

# using both callbacks this time

left encoder pul:  0.0172209739685
left rpm:  96.7812081776
right encoder pul:  0.0593919754028
right rpm:  28.0621524265
left encoder pul:  0.00982093811035
left rpm:  169.705444423
right encoder pul:  0.0587668418884
right rpm:  28.3606641621
left encoder pul:  0.00218605995178
left rpm:  762.406660123
right encoder pul:  0.0027379989624
right rpm:  608.717055614
left encoder pul:  0.0545420646667
left rpm:  30.5574546334
right encoder pul:  0.0100808143616
right rpm:  165.330558315
left encoder pul:  0.0545239448547
left rpm:  30.5676097191
right encoder pul:  0.0164430141449
right rpm:  101.360167423