Guest Dr.Mutiny Posted June 4, 2004 Report Posted June 4, 2004 Ok, so I’m getting ready to order my encoders for a midibox 64e, and cant figure out which ones I should get. I looked over the web site and searched through the forums to try figure it out, but I’m still feeling a bit confused ??? as to which encoders I should actually order. The instructions on the web site suggest that non-dented rotary encoders are the way to go but, when I go to the link that has a list of suppliers and suggested encoders I notice that the encoders from Mouser are 24 dented encoders ( I live in the States so will be ordering from them ). Now, if I go for the 24 dented encoders is this going to be a present any problems with sensitivity or resolution of signal , or will I not notice a significant difference between dented and non-dented (aside from the enormous price jump). Any help in clearing this up is greatly appreciated. ;D Oh, and the other question about the dented encoders I had, was, do dented encoders "click" when you turn them or is the action smooth, like a potentiometer?
pay_c Posted June 4, 2004 Report Posted June 4, 2004 Detended Encoders are the ones which click on turning them. Non detended are smooth as potis.Mouser does not have any non detended types? weird...The resolution (in MIOS *!*) is in fact different. Check out the MIOS docus for that. With non detended types you can quadruple the resolution, with detended only double it...
Guest marr Posted June 10, 2004 Report Posted June 10, 2004 I picked up some Panasonics from digikey.comp/n P10860-NDdisclaimer: haven't tested them yetThey are DETENTED (clicks), but maybe they have some non-detented...
Guest Dr.Mutiny Posted June 10, 2004 Report Posted June 10, 2004 As far as mouser goes they do have non-dented encoders, its just that they are 2 to 3 times the price of the dented ones, same with digikey. But hey ya know maybe I’m just going to have to pay the premium if I am to get exactly what I want. I would really like the non-dented ones as they seem, like they would have a good “feelâ€, any opinions on this? Anyone had a chance to use both, dented and non-dented? Any pros or cons to either one? And does the quadrupled resolution make that big of a difference in the functionality?
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