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Rotary Encoder + Extras

Rotary Encoder + Extras

Regular price $4.00 CAD
Regular price Sale price $4.00 CAD
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This compact rotary encoder is designed to give your project a smooth, tactile, and precise way to adjust settings or navigate menus. It’s a high‑quality incremental encoder with 24 pulses per revolution (24 detents), so each “click” corresponds to a small, defined step and the shaft rotates continuously rather than being limited to a fixed range like a potentiometer.

Key features

  • 24‑pulse encoder: 24 steps per full rotation, giving fine adjustment with a clearly felt “click” at each segment.
  • Push‑button integrated: The knob doubles as a momentary switch, so pressing it closes a separate normally‑open contact, great for “select/confirm” actions.
  • Mounting options: Panel‑mount flanges make it easy to install in a box or panel, or you can cut/bend the side tabs to plug the pins directly into a breadboard or PCB.

Electrical connections

  • Encoder side: 3‑pin header with ground plus two quadrature output pins (A and B), typically used with pull‑up resistors to read direction and rotation on a microcontroller.
  • Switch side: 2‑pin header for the normally‑open push‑button contact, which can be wired to a digital input to detect knob presses.

Included extras

  • A soft‑touch knob with an arrow line is included, which fits the shaft closely and gives a clean, professional look to your interface.

Note: Product size and exact dimensions (shaft length, knob diameter) may vary slightly by listing.
Disclaimer: The images shown are for illustration purposes only and may not be an exact match.

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