RTurner Posted July 11, 2006 Report Share Posted July 11, 2006 Just wondering if anyone has tried to use these:http://www.qprox.com/products/qslide_qt411.phpI'm asking because it could be a replacement for the co$tly motorfaders from Alps. It could be used as a sort of linear encoder. I know, it uses SPI. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goyousalukis Posted July 11, 2006 Report Share Posted July 11, 2006 Looks pretty interesting - $3.51 at digikey. From the picture it appears that the touch pad is split into 18 different zones - is that high enough resolution for a mixer? Regardless it looks like a nice add-on to the midibox platform.Justin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTurner Posted July 11, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2006 The documentation says that it has a resolution of 128 (I think it can generate that by comparing changes in capacitence in the adjacent... Ummm.. electrodes). 128 isn't great, though just as good as 99% of the midi-able sliders out there, but I don't see why you couldn't have (for example) 2 units stacked lengthwise to create 256 positions and resolve the value in software.... Unless the sensors will interact with each other badly..Just some thoughts... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rokeros Posted July 14, 2006 Report Share Posted July 14, 2006 The Qwheel they have looks quite interesting as well. Wonder if they are the ipod suppliers....hmm.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pappajackson Posted August 19, 2006 Report Share Posted August 19, 2006 They are seriously cool. I'm gonna have to get me some, and only £3.51? It's too good to be true! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stryd_one Posted August 19, 2006 Report Share Posted August 19, 2006 You guys do realise that that's only the IC that drives the slider, but not the slider itself? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTurner Posted November 8, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2006 Ok, I guess this is an old thread that was sort of left on a cliffhanger...Stryd: Yeah, it's just the IC, but if I remember right it requires very few external components to drive it, and the slide surface is one that you specify, and of course, you'll have to etch PCBs for the electrodes... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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