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#1 selfservice

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Posted 28 August 2011 - 12:11

Hi guys, after 2 years i found some spare time and motivation to finish my FM.
Now i've a problem with the encoders. They are from AVI Showtech and are 24 step detented encoders. They seems to be glitchy and every step modify the counter of 4 steps or more. Even movin the knob up and down without doing another step makes the counter up or down.
Attacched there is a photo of the encoder and a video of the trouble.

Can you suggest me something to solve the problem?

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This post has been edited by selfservice: 28 August 2011 - 12:14

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#2 ilmenator

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Posted 28 August 2011 - 12:25

Well, the obvious would be: get another encoder!

#3 m00dawg

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Posted 28 August 2011 - 14:23

Actually, I sometimes have similar problems with the SammichFM such that I have wondered if it was a software thing?

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#4 TK.

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Posted 28 August 2011 - 17:33

No, it's now SW issue.

But this can happen if you swapped the connections between the 3 encoder pins!

Some encoders have ground at the middle pin, some others at the left pin.
Just try it!

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