> At 02:37 PM 1/7/98 -0600, Norm Cramer wrote:
> >Thought of this but I need to know the position of the pot.  It needs to
> >physically stop at the high limit and physically stop at the low limit.  I
> >couldn't find any encoders that would do this and give me 128 steps.
>
> What is the requirement that the end stops be physical?  Appropriate visual
> or audible feedback of the current setting might be simple to achieve, even
> with an encoder that requires multiple turns to cover the full range of
> settings, and might make an appropriate substitute for "physical" feedback
> (e.g.: end stops).

Someone wrote on here awhile ago about some encoders made by Bournes that
don't have end-stops, but output one of 128 positions directly on eight
data wires (the 8-bit output is a really wierd sort of gray code with 128
valid output values).  Perhaps something like that would be suitable?