[Premium-Rx] W-J 8888

[Tim Shoppa]

Terry O' <watkins-johnson at terryo.org> wrote:
> The encoder in the Quad-8 was designed and constructed in house by WJ.  
> There were no rotary encoders suitable for electronic equipment when WJ 
> developed the radio.  The engineer adapted the concept from position 
> sensors on CNC machines.  They never patented the idea, which can now be 
> found in millions of radios and electronic equipment.

Not to mention, billions of computer mice.

If you ever want to homebrew a rotary encoder of some kind, every rolling-ball
computer mouse has many of the parts you'll want to use. It's
astonishingly easy.

Tim N3QE