heck of course. it could use the same mechanism as an optical shaft encoder. but JCO's talking about the same design as in the past, not an entirely new design.
rg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On 12/10/06, Gonz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>No because you have springs, tiny parts, a variable resistor with its >>own tiny linkage and the pot brush arm that depends on friction but not >>too much that it would wipe out the resistive surface. > > > Tech now would make it cheaper to implement in an opto-mechanical > non-contact sealed unit. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net