Clickable rotary encoders as buttons?

MIDIbox NG
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Good evening everybody !

I found back 20 clickable detended rotary encoders, wich have 3 pins on bottom for the ‘spin’ and 2 pins on top for the click (bourns branded if i remember well).

My question is the following : with a 1n48 diode security, could i handle the click (SPST) of my rotary encoder as a button on a DIN module?

thanks in advance, regards

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Hello again :slight_smile:

No problem to use the switch as an input for a DIN. Just connect one side to ground and the other to the appropriate pin on the module. There’s no need for diodes unless you’re configuring a switch matrix.

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oops, i shouldn’t buy as much 1N48, got a thousand left xD

thanks again btw =)

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They’re very useful and cost 1 cent for 1000 :). If you ever go for the full SEQ BLM that’s 1/3rd gone!

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still right ^^ . already with the 4*(4x4)= 64 sparkfun button they will be useful. That’s late i think i should better go sleep ^^