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I don't think I can make an encoder work.  If the user happens to move
the knob while the unit is powered off I don't think I can get the
controller to figure out what position it is now in.  Or do I have
that wrong?

--- In AVR-Chat@yahoogroups.com, BobGardner@... wrote:
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> How about an encoder? 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: ned@...
> To: AVR-Chat@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Fri, 4 May 2007 2:26 PM
> Subject: Re: [AVR-Chat] Re: OT- Anybody know of a small 4 position
slide switch?
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> 
> Richard Cooke wrote:
> > I don't think the 4-way rocker switch is the best choice.  I need the
> > switch to stay in position and give the end user an indication of what
> >  "port" they have selected.  I have seen small devices with a four
> > position slide switch.  I just never thought it would be as tough as
> > it's turning out to be to track one of these guys down.
> 
> The typical multi-position slide switch that you see on consumer
devices 
> isn't a separate switch. Instead, it's a plastic knob that moves 
> contacts that slide along your circuit board.
> 
> > I agree that DIP switches aren't the best fit for this application.  I
> > have found a rotary DIP switch that might work but it is a bit pricey
> > (for me) at $1.86 in 500 piece quantity.  I can buy a knob with a
> > pointer so the user can see what is currently selected.
> 
> How about a slide potentiometer and A/D? No definite detents, but at 
> least it's visible.
> 
> -- 
> Ned Konz
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