[simpits-tech] rotary encoder

[RickInNoCal at aol.com]

Sorry, but I have to differ. 

I even stuck one on a 'scope to check, and at higher turn speeds, the switch 
simply doesn't 'make' on every click - the same mechanism that makes the 
spring skip the 'wrong' contact results in the spring skipping the 'right' contact 
if it's moving too fast.

Richard

> On Friday 06 February 2004 00:04, RickInNoCal at aol.com wrote:
> >If you can, though - try to get your hands on a sample before buying a
> >bunch - a lot of the people who got them here were dissatisfied with the
> >feel and the need to turn them fairly slowly so as not to make them
> >"missfire".
> 
> In a message dated 2/5/04 4:23:38 PM Pacific Standard Time, mail at prbox.com 
> writes:
> Misfire? Unless they are a _really_ bad switch unit the switch won't 
> misfire, 
> just that the controller reading the switch is too slow in reading the 
> outputs from the switch.

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