Greetings. I managed to get a Knobster together even with my crappy soldering skills. I am using a knockoff nano from Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0713XK923?ps ... ct_details\
The wiring schematic calls for 3 grounds and the nano has two so I spliced the push button common wire onto one of the existing ground wires. I soldered A/B/COM (D4/D6/Gnd) for the inner encoder and a/b/COM (D3/D2/Gnd) for outer encoder and D6/Gnd for push button. This is the Gnd I spliced onto one of the other grounds.
I flashed the nano and enabled the Knobster no problem. The issue I’m having is with the inner encoder. Outer encoder works fine but inner encoder will only turn a dial counterclockwise regardless of whether I turn the inner encoder clockwise or counterclockwise.
I appreciate any/all suggestions. Does it sound like I cross soldered something?
Bruce
Outer encoder fine, inner encoder only counterclockwise
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Re: Outer encoder fine, inner encoder only counterclockwise
Hi Bruce, could you please post a good quality picture showing the soldering which would help us to help you ?Binto100 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 06, 2023 5:05 pm Greetings. I managed to get a Knobster together even with my crappy soldering skills. I am using a knockoff nano from Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0713XK923?ps ... ct_details\
The wiring schematic calls for 3 grounds and the nano has two so I spliced the push button common wire onto one of the existing ground wires. I soldered A/B/COM (D4/D6/Gnd) for the inner encoder and a/b/COM (D3/D2/Gnd) for outer encoder and D6/Gnd for push button. This is the Gnd I spliced onto one of the other grounds.
I flashed the nano and enabled the Knobster no problem. The issue I’m having is with the inner encoder. Outer encoder works fine but inner encoder will only turn a dial counterclockwise regardless of whether I turn the inner encoder clockwise or counterclockwise.
I appreciate any/all suggestions. Does it sound like I cross soldered something?
Bruce
Additionally, could you check with this instrument and report if you get value displayed in the console for each single input ?
Re: Outer encoder fine, inner encoder only counterclock
Sorry for not seeing your reply. Thank you.
I soldered up a new Knobster and it works, but the outer encoder ‘turns’ the inner encoder and vice versa AND motion is in reverse! I must have an and A and b and B mixed up.
Bruce
I soldered up a new Knobster and it works, but the outer encoder ‘turns’ the inner encoder and vice versa AND motion is in reverse! I must have an and A and b and B mixed up.
Bruce
Re: Outer encoder fine, inner encoder only counterclockwise
Yes you have swapped wiring. Swapping the same size A with the same size B will change direction. Swapping all lowercase with all uppercase will swap the outer and inner.
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Re: Outer encoder fine, inner encoder only counterclockwise
Sling -
Thanks very much for your quick reply;
Swap A and B for direction change THEN swap A and a and swap B and b to correct inner/outer encoder response. Do I have it?
Appreciate it,
Bruce
Thanks very much for your quick reply;
Swap A and B for direction change THEN swap A and a and swap B and b to correct inner/outer encoder response. Do I have it?
Appreciate it,
Bruce
Re: Outer encoder fine, inner encoder only counterclockwise
Yep that should do it from what you described.
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