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Thread: Encoders and Rotary Switches
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09-17-2007, 03:35 AM #11
Ah nice one Brian,
Do you use a non-pushbutton version to drill through? And you must have to be very precise with your drilling as these have quite narrow shafts? Any chance of a tutorial?
EDIT: Oh I see, I should have looked more closely. You are using two encoders side by side with a gearing arrangement. Interesting idea. I have seen somewhere someone using the drill through method with one connected behind the other but at $10 each, you may as well buy the prefab ones from the Brazil sim dealer I linked to above.
Ken.
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09-17-2007, 04:45 AM #12
Brian,
Good design for those but it does not leave much room for mounting.
Kennair,
$10 ?? I just looked at the site and they are $18. and change USD. If you know something I dont, please share...God's in command, I'm just the Pilot.
http://www.geocities.com/andytulenko/
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09-17-2007, 05:40 AM #13
Opencockpits sell them for 3 euros each which is about $9AUD, making it $18 for two (not taking into account shipping). The genuine dual concentric encoders from Brazil are around $28AUD (so less for USD) and don't require any jiggery-pokery to manufacture. And yes they don't consume the space that Brian's would.
Ken.
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09-17-2007, 08:56 AM #14
Well, for what it's worth to the OP, GoFlight sells a dual concentric rotary encoder that works with their boards in the RMK version (remote mount kit) and basically you buy it and the main board and use as you care to (as long as your assignment is available).
This is what Im using for my Honeywell Primus 1000 RMUs in the Learjet. You can see it here: http://www.goflightinc.com/order/pro...products_id=57
However, I dont think it's available in Oz except via shipping from the US.
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09-17-2007, 09:05 AM #15
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What kind of rotary encoders does flightdeck technology use? I saw one on their tutorial. Does anyone have the code? They are 2-bit quarter wave, aren't they?
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09-17-2007, 09:27 AM #16
Eric,
I'd forgotten about good-ol Go Flight. Do their encoders work with other boards or are they specific to the Go Flight interface?
Didn't see any encoders on the FDT site, only their sim boards. Flight Deck Solutions has them, and yes they are the gray code 1/4 cycle.
Ken
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09-17-2007, 09:38 AM #17
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Hey guys check this link out, this is a new company opening up in Sydney,
Does anyone know if the specs are ok for flight sim use ?
http://au.newark.com/jsp/search/prod...sp?sku=95F7247
Clint
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09-17-2007, 09:45 AM #18
Ken, as far as I know, the GF rotaries are standard encoders but the PCB they are mounted to allow them to work soley with their boards. When you consider how simple it is to use their products (now that I have figured out the legends were opposite on the RP48 board) it's a great value in the RMK form.
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09-17-2007, 09:54 AM #19
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09-17-2007, 05:46 PM #20
Clint,
This appears to be an 8 position rotary switch, bit like the ones you buy at **** Smith's or Altronics, but is PCB mounted and with long-life gold contacts. It would be useful for simulating a 45 degree switch (sort of).
Ken.
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