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August_1997
Re: which encoder wheel?


From: Paul Kahler ( )
Date: Thu Aug 07 1997 - 09:49:19 CDT


> >Another option that might be useful is a bit on the interface to flip the
> >direction of the quadrature. I found that more recent encoder wheels,
> >while outwardly identical and mechanically similar to Tempest, actually
> >reverse the two wires coming from the encoder, causing your player to spin
> >backwards.
>
> Yeah, I can use a couple jumpers on the board and physically "reverse" the
> connections. (Or, can you just invert the signals? Or maybe you invert
> one line? I'll have to think about that.)

Either of those will do the job just fine.

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