Guest vdKroon Posted February 9, 2004 Report Share Posted February 9, 2004 Is there any concrete reason for using 11 leds at led-rings? Instead of 16 (the max.) or 10 (for scale purposes)??Thanks in advancevdKroon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernLightX Posted February 9, 2004 Report Share Posted February 9, 2004 ehm, no? Make it as big as you like. If the diameter of your knobs is small, you use less, and if it's big, you use more. I (am going to) use 12 i think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest vdKroon Posted February 9, 2004 Report Share Posted February 9, 2004 ok, ok, just asking because a lot of designs that I see around here use a 11 led configuration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Nick Posted February 9, 2004 Report Share Posted February 9, 2004 I guess I'd use an odd number of LEDs, so some sort of middle position could be displayed... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernLightX Posted February 9, 2004 Report Share Posted February 9, 2004 Well, i use an even number so if the enc is in the exact middle no leds are lit.I think the most important reason you frequently see 11 leds is that almost every FPD designer used Thorstens original design for the MB16e, which had 11 leds per encoder, and cut&paste with that for their own designs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven_C Posted February 9, 2004 Report Share Posted February 9, 2004 Is it hard to implement more than 11 LED's? If it requires changes in the code, then that sounds a bit deep for me at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Posted February 9, 2004 Report Share Posted February 9, 2004 Hi guys,If your're building mbhp projects for mackie/logic controller emulation you are limited to 11 leds because of Mackie's protocol and not mbhp hardare limitations.If you're building MB16E projects or using its encoder ring source code in your own designs than you can have 16 leds by modifying the display pattern code. Its very simple to do so.PeaceFrank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven_C Posted February 10, 2004 Report Share Posted February 10, 2004 Thanks Frank, nice answer.good FAQ material, IMO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidysm Posted February 10, 2004 Report Share Posted February 10, 2004 ok, ok, just asking because a lot of designs that I see around here use a 11 led configuration. Minimum value 0, max 10 logical steps.....11It may be a digital system but we come from an analogue world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven_C Posted February 10, 2004 Report Share Posted February 10, 2004 'Cos we are living in an analogue world, and I am an analogue boy' :P (repeat, then go to next verse) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest vdKroon Posted February 10, 2004 Report Share Posted February 10, 2004 Lol, thanks you all for the answers.. Let's put eleven leds!vdKroon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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