[sdiy] Using dual taper (4 pin) pots as encoders ?

Roman Sowa modular at go2.pl
Fri Jun 21 21:35:56 CEST 2024


Judging by the number of service requests I see it looks like all synths 
made today and during last 10 years use encoders with 10.000 rotation 
durability. If not 5k

Roman

W dniu 2024-06-21 o 17:32, Mike Bryant pisze:
> I notice the Alpha part only has 15000 cycles.  Okay for an equaliser 
> control but if people start madly spinning these round like they do 
> the digital ones you'll soon get there.
>
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> *From:* Synth-diy <synth-diy-bounces at synth-diy.org> on behalf of 
> Benjamin Tremblay via Synth-diy <synth-diy at synth-diy.org>
> *Sent:* 21 June 2024 15:58
> *To:* Tom Wiltshire <tom at electricdruid.net>
> *Cc:* Martin Klang via Synth-diy <synth-diy at synth-diy.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [sdiy] Using dual taper (4 pin) pots as encoders ?
> Yes Roman! That must be it.
> It’s not what I would think of as a “stereo panpot” with six leads.
> And how would I shop for one)
> Benjamin Tremblay
>
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