where to get encoders

[djcevera20]

anyone know where i can buy encoders for opencockpit master cards..

i heard these work.. CTS corporation type 288

[Leo Bodnar]

Opencockpits sell them http://www.opencockpits.com/catalog/encoder-p-100.html
I have them on my website as well.

[Buddym]

You can also get them from Digikey direct. How are you making out with the sim?


BuddyM

[djcevera20]

thanks for the help guys....buddy sim is going slow but its getting there i switch from the pmdg 737 to the leveld 767 so i started from scratch. finally got the hang of sioc a little bit too. my mcp will be complete by the end of the week i hope then im gonna go ahead and start buildiing the mip im in the process of getting all of the dimensions need. i will post some photos soon
Leo is it possible to use both your cards and the oc cards in the same sim?

[Leo Bodnar]

Leo is it possible to use both your cards and the oc cards in the same sim?Yes, they will work together just fine. :p

[djcevera20]

just checked the digi site there are a few different kinds of encoders i have supplied a link to the site could someone tell me which one i should get :roll:

http://search.digikey.com/scripts/DkSearch/dksus.dll?lang=en&site=US&WT.mc_id=hp_go_button&KeyWords=cts+288+encoder&x=8&y=21

[Leo Bodnar]

The difference between them is
- Detent (Y/N)
- Push button presence (Y/N)
- Terminal style (pins/lugs)

I guess you want detents and push button won't hurt even if you don't use it now. Lugs are easier to solder to but pins are fine as well.

[djcevera20]

the one i was looking at has an output of Quadrature (Incremental) is this ok or does the output need to be Gray Code (Absolute)

[Leo Bodnar]

These are all quadrature incremental type. As far as I understand they all work with OC hardware.

Technically, quadrature output is 2-bit Gray code. :cool:

[djcevera20]

good to know thank you for your help leo