[sdiy] Endless pots

[Paul Burns]

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.



Will do ... awaiting the arduino from Hong Kong at the moment ... they work
out under GBP15 from there ( I got this particular one for 12.50 )

My idea is to hack one of these , incorporating the wheel instead of a pot
... I shall breadboard the idea out first though...


http://www.skpang.co.uk/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=669

There is a fun video here , 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7B7Vv-nz_Zg

The sound engine of my MicroKorg XL is screaming out to me for something
like this ...

regards

Paul Burns


From: synth-diy-bounces at dropmix.xs4all.nl
[mailto:synth-diy-bounces at dropmix.xs4all.nl] On Behalf Of Thomas Strathmann
Sent: 06 December 2010 15:16
To: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
Subject: Re: [sdiy] Endless pots

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
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