Questions tagged [rotary]
Characterized by circular movement around an axis, as opposed to linear movement along a line.
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Is there something such as an infinite potentiometer?
I am trying to find a component, that, similar to a potentiometer, delivers an analog output, but which can be turned indefinitely in a single direction.
I have tried searching for something like this,...
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How can I spin an old HDD motor?
I've stripped out an old IDE (40 Pin) HDD from 1998 for use in a POV display project (Gr. 12 Computer Engineering), and I've been trying to spin it up.
The problem is that the HDD motor is brushless ...
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Rotary Encoder Detents
I've seen rotary encoders that you can get with and without detents (example). What are detents in the context of rotary encoders? When would you want / need your encoder to include this feature in a ...
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How to provide power to a rotating circuit? [duplicate]
I want to build something with my unused fan. I am planning to put a lighting circuit using LEDs and a microcontroller (ATmega, Arduino Nano, or something), thus creating some kind of image from the ...
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What type of encoder is this (optical, magnetic, inductive… etc)? and how does it operate?
I have found this circuit mounted to a DC motor. It is probably an encoder but I don't know how it works. I have looked everywhere but I could not find a similar encoder assuming that this is in fact ...
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Decoding multiple quadrature rotary encoders
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I have 4 ACZ16 quadrature rotary encoders connected to GPIO Port D on an ATMega168P. I am only trying to extract rotation direction from them. Position is irrelevant, and it is guaranteed ...
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What is masking-time and chattering in rotary encoders?
In the datasheet of these encoders there is always a chapter mentioning masking-time and chattering.
I couldn't find any tutorial on this. What are these definitions about?
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KY-040 rotary middle push button switch is unreliable
I have the following rotary encoder with a built in push switch:
http://henrysbench.capnfatz.com/henrys-bench/arduino-sensors-and-input/keyes-ky-040-arduino-rotary-encoder-user-manual/
I connect the ...
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Help to understand incremental rotary encoders
I have this encoder.
But I'm having extreme difficulty understand how these encoders work.
I tried to google but still cannot picture in my mind how they really work. I spend two days for research ...
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What is the use case difference/benefit of using a Gray code vs. Incremental rotary encoder
I am planning to build a small digital project where a rotary encoder would be ideal for sending "up/down signals" (e.g. scrolling through a list on screen).
Are there any benefits of using a Gray ...
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STM32 Rotary Encoder with Hardware Interrupts
I'm trying to get a rotary encoder working on my STM32.
I have channel A & B being pulled up to 3V and debounced with 1uF capacitors.
The board has channel A & B connected to PA11 & PA10 ...
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Small rotary switch
I'm looking for a small rotary switch but don't know the terminology to find what I'm looking for. To be honest I'm not sure they make what I'm looking for. The closest I have found is this, a rotary ...
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Help me identify this rotary encoder [closed]
I need help identifying this 360 degree rotary encoder on my Roland SC-880 rack synthesizer. This one has become 'jumpy' and Roland claims the part is discontinued. So my only choice is to replace it. ...
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Interfacing multiple rotary encoders to a microcontroller
What, in your opinion, would be the most efficient way to interface muptiple (let's say, >20) incremental rotary encoders to GPIO-limited microcontroller (for example, ATxmega128A4U, 44 pin)?
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Rotary switch to turn LEDs on cumulatively
Problem:
I have a 12 position rotary switch and 11 LEDs that I want to switch on one after the other until they are all on (on pos 12).
Limitations:
It would be easy to use a Ī¼C, but I wanted to keep ...
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STM32: Timer encoder reset
I configured my TIM4 as encoder input and everything is working well when I execute TIM_GetCounter(TIM4)
But I would like to put the timer value back to 0 (reset?) when I press a push button with an ...
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Where to place debouncing circuit for remote mounted buttons and rotary encoders
I have an application where a push button and mechanical grey-code rotary encoder(user inputs) need to mounted away from main pcb. 24" - 48" away. This is for space and packaging reasons.
Is it OK to ...
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Motorized rotary switch
Motorized potentiometers are easy to find and often used e.g. in music studio equipment, but I could need a similarly motorized rotary switch for a project. I am either searching for the wrong term (...
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Rotating components in Altium Designer, clearance
I can't find out how to properly rotate 45 degrees components in Altium Designer. I read two topics about that:
Rotated component placement in Altium
How can I rotate a part in Altium without an ...
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Optic encoder - Rotation
In the following you can see the channel A ( above ) and the Channel B ( middle) output of an optic encoder that is connected on a rotating shaft.
My questions is: Does the impulse width impact the ...
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Toggle battery powered LEDs
I am helping to build a costume prop that has four LEDs lights on it (1 white and 3 amber).
This device is worn on the wrist, so space for power is limited- a 9V battery or something that will fit in ...
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How to calculate RPM, given timer frequency and counter on STM32
on my STM32F103, I use a timer to read rotary encoder
Prescaler = 71
Period = 20
Clock = 72MHz
Rotary encoder: 2000 ppr
Given the formula:
TIMUpdateFrequency(Hz)=Clock/((PSCā1)ā(Periodā1))
I ...
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Rotary Encoders
I am trying to find a replacement for an obsolete encoder. I thought I had found a good replacement, hiwever the unit increments up when turned both ways, instead of up for right and down for left.
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Rotary switch that changes resistance on each click?
I am trying to create controller for my car head unit as it lacks a volume knob amongst other things.
I have worked out that when tapping onto the control pin I can "send" commands by applying a ...
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Three-phase rotary converter wiring questions
I am installing a 30 HP three-phase rotary converter on a 200 amp service in my home shop. I intend to run a CNC milling machine with a 15 HP motor. I am using 2 AWG wiring in 1" shielded conduit ...
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Can rotary encoders be multiplexed?
I am currently working on a MIDI based project and would like to use rotary encoders. However, due to the nature of my project I need to multiplex a total of 64 encoders with 8:1 multiplexers.
Is ...
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Determine angular position from two potentiometers
I am trying to generate a continuous angle based on the output of the two potentiometers that are inside my device. The pots are shifted by 180 degrees and are capable of spinning continuously. How ...
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SPI: MOSI not dropping LOW for receiving device
I hope this question is not a repeat of others on this stack exchange concerning SPI. I've been searching for at least an hour and have not found the same problem/answer.
SCENARIO
My friends and I ...
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How exactly do 1950's rotary phones receive phone calls? [closed]
What happens start to finish. For example, how does the signal get from the central office to the phone and what mechanisms within the phone move to signal that a phone call is coming?
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Combine signals from two rotary incremental encoders to one output
There is some device controlled by (optical) rotary incremental encoder (which gives quadrature output - two channels with square shaped pulses and shifted between each other). I want to add another ...
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Identifying this part - ALPS 242N Probably a rotary encoder
This was damaged in shipping. Looking it over I THINK it's a rotary encoder.
ALPS seems to have forgotten they ever made the part. Printed on the back is ALPS 242N. Can't find any specs on it.
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Accurate sensor for a rotating object
I have a square-shaped plastic plate (3 cm length X 3 cm width X 1.5 cm height) attached to a motor that rotates it at 500 Hz:
I would like to have an interrupt fired on my microcontroller every time ...
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Telling which way a KY-040 Rotary Encoder has been turned
I am stripping this problem down to the bare minimum.
I have KY-040 Rotary Encode,
When it is turned clockwise I want a blue LED to blink for every increment it is turned.
When it is turned anti ...
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Rotary encoder to 2 buttons
Please excuse me if this question is a very obvious one, I have searched on here but my electronics knowledge is very very basic.
Here's what I'm trying to do, I have taken an old Android phone ...
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How to reliably sample a sensor during the rotation of a wheel in a car?
I would like to sample the acceleration of the wheel axis (vertically and left-right) N times per rotation (for example once per spoke, but not necessarily). The data would be processed with Arduino.
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Two phase frequency doubling a rotary encoder
I have a 600ppr quadrature encoder that I would like to get the highest possible resolution out of. I need sub arc/second accuracy for my project.
I saw differential Manchester encoding as a solution ...
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Question based on rotary potentiometer and resolution
Can anyone help me how to come up with this question's solution?
Question:
A rotary potentiometer consists of a fine wire wound on a circular former, whose inner diameter is 2.5 cm. The resolution in ...
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Reading a rotary encoder using a microcontroller and converting to Serial TTL?
I have an incremental rotary encoder (Bournes-EMS22Q) that I would like to have available on a wired network via RJ45 or via serial TTL (we have a serial-to-ethernet converter we can use Netburner ...
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Scrolling wheel encoder with button push button action into wheel axis
I am looking for a wheel that you can push into as a button as well as scroll indefinitely in either direction.
Here's the exact part I am talking about. I'm not sure exactly what it is called.
The ...
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How would I use a rotary encoder without housing?
I'm looking to buy a rotary encoder and I've stumbled upon this:
which I assume is an encoder stripped of its housing.
My question is how would I use it? There is no shaft to turn, so I'm assuming I ...
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Necessary Read Frequency vs PPR of Rotary Encoder
I am working on a microcontroller (ATMega328) project where I am planning to use a rotary encoder. I plan to have a non-time critical main loop and set up a timer interrupt to handle reading the ...
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Rotary Decoder circuit for high PPR Encoders
I am working on a project that uses a rotary encoder,
I am using a locally made encoder of 200 PPR(pulses per revolution), The encoder has 2 inputs wires (0-5 volts) and 2 output wires (output pulses)...
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Rotary Sensor Potentiometer SP280X series
I have a novatechnik rotary sensor potentiometer SP2801 100 002 001.Th datasheet shows that it has a maximum electrical angle of 100 degree.But I saw that we can move the pot in any direction any ...
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Changing the path of a signal through multiple transistors with a single-poled switch
I was wanting to construct a "fuzz" distortion guitar pedal, but being indecisive, I wanted to be able to change the type of transistors in the circuit at will.
I found the idea of using a double-...
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Rotary Cam Switch wiring help
I am trying to wire this rotary cam switch to spin a DC motor forward and backwards based on the UP and DOWN setting. I am having a really hard time trying to figure out how to wire it. Can someone ...
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High resolution angular position (~0.5 degree) measurement [duplicate]
I am attempting to replace a light/mirror sensor to measure the slight low speed oscillations/ rotations of a disc over a period of time. I want to record the angular position, but I wanted to find a ...
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DIY rotary inverter technical and economical feasibility
Iām setting up a solar panel system (200W) thatās used to charge batteries that will power small appliances in a converted van. Solid state inverters are expensive and difficult to fix and it seems ...
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How to handle rotary encoder overflow
I am using a magnetic rotary encoder(AS5048B) to detect the rotation angle of a motor shaft. This is fed to a pid loop to calculate the PWM value for motor position control.
The encoder has a 14Bit ...
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DIY Rotary Phase Converter with starter motor, cutout relay in parallel with load?
I am working on a DIY Rotary Phase converter with pony motor. This will use single phase 240v and run capacitors to feed 2 legs of a 3 phase motor, which will generate the 3rd leg.
It uses a 1/2 HP ...
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Why does a rotating magnetic field's frequency decrease, if we increase number of poles (induction motor)?
I absolutely don't understand it and drives me crazy. I've found several sources, in which there are shown images and animations about how two or three phase electric current generate rotating ...
