[sdiy] Inifinity encoders

[Manuel Odendahl]

Hi Csaba,

On Jul 9, 2008, at 12:31 AM, Csaba Zvekan wrote:
>> I connect my encoders to shift registers to poll them over a serial  
>> link (3 wires). Works well enough even when polling at pretty low  
>> speeds.
>
> Interesting . All though I don't quiet get it. What is clocking the  
> Shift register when it's idle? How do you distinguish between the  
> different encoders . Do you have a schematic so I can look at it?

I'm clocking it from a microcontroller which polls it from an  
interrupt. Here is the schematics:

http://bl0rg.net/~manuel/controller-shift.png

Cheers, manuel