They have a new board called a Rotary 5 that let's you connect (yep, you guessed it) 5 rotary encoders and outputs them as a pulse that can them be used with their keyboard encoders. I have a KE72 and was thinking about trying one and was just wondering if anyone else had tried them yet? Also, does anyone have any plans, dimensions, etc for a generic general aviation cockpit? I'm starting to build one and am open for suggestions.Many thanks in advance,Danny Mullins

Don't know about the Hagstrom. In the past I've always thought their prices are a little high, compared to Leo's stuff. I couldn't find this rotary 5 on their site, what does it cost? Leo's rotary decoder is $10 and handles 3 rotaries, so is the Hagstrom one less than $16.67?Richard

It's 50 bucks. What about this $10 decoder? Is there a website? The Hagstrom decoder isn't on their website yet. I have a pdf brocure I can post. Is it ok to post files like that here? I'm new to the forum.Thanks for the response,Danny

Leo's USB keyboard emulators and rotary decoders (for rotary encoders and potentiometers) etc are all at http://www.betainnovations.comRichard

I'm not an ace in electronics but it seems that this thing does the same work as the redec09b.Can anyone confirm?

Thanks. I'm going to check them out right now.Danny

Hi Danny,I'm Leo from "Beta". I don't have any more decoder boards available, but all the project files are available for download to build your own including the source code. Its a very simple circuit and uses only one PIC micro.The KE72 uses individual inputs so it should work by connecting the outputs of the decoder to the inputs of the KE72 assuming it uses "active low" signals. If not, then just invert the outputs of the decoder.The only other unknown is the scanning rate of the KE72 not matching the output rate of my decoder outputs. I provide the "asm" source and you can adjust the scanning rate of the decoder yourself and recompile the code. If you are not familiar with how to do this, let me know and I can send you precompiled files using various scanning rates for you to program your decoder chips....or you can buy their decoder board which has been specifically designed to work with the KE72.Cheers,-Leo

Leo, I love that 767 Throttle quadrant of yours, sent you an email through the Bettainnovations Webpage, hope you can answer me back soon!! Amazing product!! Very nice work keep it up!Roberto

Check your email Roberto....I did not build that throttle. I don't know the difference between a 767 and a DC-3 throttle!!! :-zhelpFor the longest time I thought "PIC767" was a micro from Microchip! :-lol-Leo

LOL!!! Thanks for that quick response!! And check your mail please!! Take care.Roberto

Hi Leo,Many thanks for the info. I checked out your website and was sorry to see the decoder boards were sold out. Are you planning on offering them anytime in the future? If so, I might just wait. It looks like just what I'm looking for. I do have a PIC programmer but have never used it. I also have materials to etch my own boards. Never tried that either. Guess I need to get up off my backside and get to it! You have some very interesting things going on on your website and I'll be checking back often. Keep up the good work.Thanks again my friend,Danny

Pretty much, yes, except that from what I could see (The only specs I could find for the redec09b were in German) the redec looks like it only decodes one rotary, while Leo's does 3.Richard

Danny,>I checked out your website and was>sorry to see the decoder boards were sold out. Are you>planning on offering them anytime in the future? No, that's it for those. I need to find time to dump that code into a 40 pin chip so it can support about 16 rotaries. Not sure if I'll make PCB boards for those so it might only be available as a DIY project.Looks like it might be time for you to dust off that PIC programmer and start cooking...err I mean...burning chips. ;)Cheers,-Leo