Anyone ever seen the above rotary switch?
I could probably build one faster then i find one but thought i would ask
looking for 4 outputs that will output a digital signal in the form of binary.
power output current and voltage levels not a concern right now

 

Did you even try Google??

http://www.elma.com/en-eu/products/...ducts/product-pages/types-07-and-c07a-detail/

 

Grayhill make just about every combination of rotary switches.
Max.

 

Did you even try Google??

http://www.elma.com/en-eu/products/...ducts/product-pages/types-07-and-c07a-detail/

Did you even read what i wrote? None of those are BCD for 16 position
They are HEX

 

16 positions is 6 too many for BCD, surely?
There are these, though.

And: shouting in your first reply is bad form

 

0-15 BCD would be a two-digit output, requiring a minimum of 6 pins. Alps does some strange specialty stuff, but if they did what you want it would have been decades ago.

ak

 

16 positions is 6 too many for BCD, surely?
There are these, though.

And: shouting in your first reply is bad form

o right i forgot i should just standby and be abused by internet trolls without a rebuttle..

and please explain to me how 16 is to many?
I want a 4 bit output
4^2 is 16 last time i checked

I guess technically its not a BCD
I want 4 output bits.
if you are on position 16 you get high high high high
if position 1 you get low low low low
and so on

 

Grahill have 16 posn 4 deck switches, you just wire the code as needed.
AFAIK BCD (Decimal =10) is a 10 position switch, they also come in thumb wheel versions.
Max.

 

o right i forgot i should just standby and be abused by internet trolls without a rebuttle..

and please explain to me how 16 is to many?
I want a 4 bit output
4^2 is 16 last time i checked

But BCD digits are only 0-9. If you want 16 positions to be represented in BCD, you'll need two BCD digits.

 

Did you even read what i wrote?

Apparently I read better than you. This is the title

16 position rotary switch with 4 bit binary output

None of those are BCD for 16 position
They are HEX

You can have 16 position binary or 10 position BCD. You can't have 16 position BCD, because, as noted, that can't be represented in 4 bits.

 

if you are on position 16 you get high high high high
if position 1 you get low low low low
and so on

Then you'll be making your own because a standard switch will have 16 positions that will output 0-15, which is what we expect a 4 bit binary anything to do.

 

Then you'll be making your own because a standard switch will have 16 positions that will output 0-15, which is what we expect a 4 bit binary anything to do.

How is it possible you are this confused?

Rotary switched do not start at postion zero because operators dont undersand it
They start at position 1
If i want 4 bits the postiion 1 is 0000
and position 16 is 1111
Do you need a lesson in base 2 counting perhaps

 

That's how I have often done it for a custom operator panel, a 4 deck 16 posn wafer switch and wire as needed.
Max.

 

How is it possible you are this confused?

Now who's trolling who???

Rotary switched do not start at postion zero because operators dont undersand it
They start at position 1
If i want 4 bits the postiion 1 is 0000
and position 16 is 1111
Do you need a lesson in base 2 counting perhaps

How many bits are necessary to represent 16? Can't be done with 4...

 

Now who's trolling who???

How many bits are necessary to represent 16? Can't be done with 4...
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You have just demonstrated you know nothing
The number 16 can not be represented with 4 bits
16 unique states can absolutely be represented with 4 bits.
wow......

 

Hello,

The HEX switch is what you are looking for.
0 0000 0
1 0001 1
-
A 1010 10
B 1011 11
C 1100 12
D 1101 13
E 1110 14
F 1111 15

Bertus

PS I warn you for offending well known members

 

When a member asking for help and any members providing the info should thank to the helper, if you feel the answer doesn't match what you want then you just need to say thank you and waiting for more answer coming, insulting the helper will not help you to get the answer, and it just push the helper away.

Remember that you are come here asked for help not for fight.

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