[sdiy] rotary encoder?

[Jason Tribbeck]

Hi,

> I've wondered about something like this too, after having seen the
> nice "virtual pots" on the Nord Lead. The thought was that you could
> have a ring of LEDs and a single encoder connected to a cheap uP,
> which would provide LED drive and read the encoder. You could then
> just treat the whole shebang like a single part and set or read
> values via SPI (or whatever comms takes your fancy).

I designed a board to do that a couple of years ago, but never got around to making it.

I've used rotary encoders (2-bit Gray) a fair amount, but I haven't found a cheap one I like the feel of. IMHO the best ones are the optical ones with bearings in them, but they're pretty pricey (~£25). I'd far rather use one of those and multiplex its use than 6 cheap ones.
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Jason Tribbeck