2020-11-23, 06:30 PM
2020-11-23, 08:50 PM
i don't know how it works in furuno or simrad, but would this encoder rotate in both directions with clicks and also be able to press like a button? What would pressing do? Same as auto button engage disengaged? Or menu button? Or a hybrid of these functions?
Do you have a specific part? It's difficult to make these waterproof.
I have made the buttons programmable from the web, and now with the new hat design there are 15 pins for buttons, so certainly could allow assigning a rotary encoder to 2 or 3 inputs, but it needs this as a special option to decode the inputs correctly counting steps and direction.
Do you have a specific part? It's difficult to make these waterproof.
I have made the buttons programmable from the web, and now with the new hat design there are 15 pins for buttons, so certainly could allow assigning a rotary encoder to 2 or 3 inputs, but it needs this as a special option to decode the inputs correctly counting steps and direction.
2020-11-23, 10:11 PM
I think most rotary encoders work the same way - 2 pulse trains when rotated, each click is one pulse, and the phase determines direction.
Pressing could be optional, and used as an ordinary button.
I agree that waterproofing would be difficult, but in many cases that is not a big problem - since not all installations need to be waterproof.
Here is a part from ebay;
https://www.ebay.com/itm/KY-040-Encoder-...SwphNfTZJ1
Pressing could be optional, and used as an ordinary button.
I agree that waterproofing would be difficult, but in many cases that is not a big problem - since not all installations need to be waterproof.
Here is a part from ebay;
https://www.ebay.com/itm/KY-040-Encoder-...SwphNfTZJ1