[sdiy] alternative to rotary switches ?

[mark verbos]

mouser has them with 11 detents.

mark

John Speth wrote:

> > i'd appreciate hearing about other kinds of switches people use for
> > multi-pole operations (4+ poles). i was thinking of a
> > pushbutton array like
> > on a blender, but cannot seem to find these in electronic
> > (vs. mechanical)
>
> This question comes up in my brain often.  Seems to me that it's much 
> cheaper today to implement an electronic selector circuit with a pot 
> and an MCU with an ADC input.  You get the added bonus of the smarts 
> of an MCU. 
>
> If only there were pots available with a series of equally spaced 
> detents to give the feeling of a selector switch, we'd have the 
> problem solved.  Anyone know of pots with detents?
>
> John Speth
> mailto:johns at molectron.com
>