Jirka Jirout

I plan to replace the PowerMate with a controller that not only has the knob, but also some extra buttons. I plan to use mouse electronic circuits to avoid having to build my own electronics, but I simply can't find a sufficiently well-built encoder with push contact (which is weird, since it is no problem to get high-quality potentiometers or regular rotary switches). I found few industrial encoders, but these were bulky and did not have the middle push switch. Any ideas where to get one?

fooshizn1x

digikey, mouserelectronics, allelectronics all are .com those are some good places to start.

Tony G

Do you have access to RS (radio spares) in NL?

Take a look here:

http://rswww.com/cgi-bin/bv/rswww/searchAction.do

Good luck. From my experience, it should be worth it.

Tony

TheLlama

Get grayhill (www.grayhill.com). They are the best. I have a 62a rotary encoder and a 60a joystick. You can get them in a variety of configurations and terminations. Remember to use pull-up resistors on the outputs of the encoders!

Edit: Just so you know, the 60a joystick has a 4 or 8 way joystick with a rotary encoder as the shaft. You can also click the shaft.

MrJamieR

Llama for the second ")" has worked its way into your very helpful link. To save anyone else spending 5 minutes swearing at their PC for doing what its told the link is www.greyhill.com

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Serious error.
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ankur

search on this site for ccstick or visit http://zoran-horvat.de/ccStick

MrJamieR

ankur, how is that beautifully installed CarPC of your going?

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Carputer Haiku (thanks Ian Hughes)
Serious error.
All shortcuts have disappeared.
Screen. Mind. Both are blank.

ankur

Its going very well thank you. Just having some issues with the SB Audigy and i am replacing it with a Philips USB sound card next week.
cheers.