[sdiy] plug in pots

[Steve Lenham]

Ha - I don't think for a moment that this has been done for 
serviceability reasons.

I see a situation where the design engineer needed a robust, vertical 
pot with a particular height and - no doubt after many hours of 
fruitlessly searching for a part that nobody makes - was left with this 
as his/her only option! I bet they didn't like having to do it.

Depending on the size and philosophy of the organisation, he/she may 
also have been under pressure to only use parts that they are already 
purchasing for other products.

The joy of being a design engineer...

Cheers,

Steve L.
(who just spent hours trying to identify pots and knobs for a new range 
of products that will please everyone and satisfy all known and unknown 
requirements while being both cheap and readily available off-the-shelf)


On 18/11/2020 09:38, Florian Anwander wrote:
> Nice hint. I could imagine that this is very common on Equipment for DJs.
> 
> Am 14.11.20 um 03:06 schrieb Adam Inglis (synthDIY):
>> I don’t get a look at much “modern” gear, so maybe this is 
>> unremarkable, however someone on the SOS forums was mentioning how 
>> helpful Drawmer were in replacing a pot on one of their monitor 
>> controllers, and they posted this picture...
>>
>> Re: Disassembling Drawmer CMC2? 
>> <https://www.soundonsound.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=74544#p718908>
>>
>> It appears that the pots are simply plugged in to the main board via 
>> some header arrangement.
>> For pots that get a lot of use, I thought that was a brilliant idea!
>>
>>
>> A
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