right...and they want cheap...errr...inexpensive.  $2 for the encoder thats being used in another product.  As I tried to explain...when you power up....and its at "zero"....how does it know its at zero?  Specially if it was moved when powered down.  Yuk...wish they would let me just use the encoder how it was designed.  Another case of  "I want this" and not a good way to provide the solution.

Bob Blick <bbblick@sbcglobal.net> wrote:  An absolute encoder fits into this application. They
tend to be more expensive because they are less
popular and the interface is more complicated.

Cheerful regards,

Bob

--- alan smith wrote:

> Anyone seen/heard/used a rotary encoder that has a
> hard stop? Like a volume control, but sorta defeats
> the purpose of the encoder if it only goes from A to
> B. The other problem is how do you know where to
> start...unless you clear the registers when your at
> the hard stop, 
> but then when you power cycle.....hmmm...me thinks
> he doesn't understand the encoder really, or at
> least it doesnt fit the application.

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