[sdiy] Endless pots

[Thomas Strathmann]

On 12/6/10 16:06 , Paul Burns wrote:
> I have just this morning taken apart a broken (expensive! 47 GBP ) wireless
> Logitech mouse ( the wireless dongle got snapped beyond repair ) to see what
> was salvageable , and the wheel works exactly on this principle ... there is
> a sensor on one side of the wheel which has  tiny little slots through it
> ... and an led on the other side.
>
> I am looking to incorporate it into a MIDI arduino controller ...

I'd be interested in your results because I have one of those wheel 
assemblies from a dead mouse collecting dust and had thought previously 
what to do with it.

	Thomas