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cheapy 'Zero Delay' USB encoder
BobA:
If the encoder was toasted when you changed the wires around it is your external circuit with the zener etc that must have fed back into it. The encoder is definately not standard color coding as there does not seem to be any such use in China. Do not connect your external circuit to another encoder until someone can help check how it is wired. Sorry no time now I have to go out.
InfantSorrow:
--- Quote from: BobA on February 24, 2014, 01:21:10 pm ---If the encoder was toasted when you changed the wires around it is your external circuit with the zener etc that must have fed back into it. The encoder is definately not standard color coding as there does not seem to be any such use in China. Do not connect your external circuit to another encoder until someone can help check how it is wired. Sorry no time now I have to go out.
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Bob, it wasnt toasted it's still alive :) I just removed the coin mech button connection and it came on again.
melvinbates:
I have one of those zero delay boards (got it from Vigo back in the day) I'll check it out and see if I can shed any light on how to solve this.
InfantSorrow:
--- Quote from: JDFan on February 24, 2014, 12:10:20 pm ---
--- Quote from: BobA on February 24, 2014, 11:59:40 am ---It looks like in the diagram you use the black wire from the ZD encoder input to connect to your ground. That is not a ground wire the other wire is. The one closest to your board edge or red if I am seeing colors correctly is the ground.
Reverse your connections.
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^ THIS -- see pic below (click to enlarge)
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Hi guys. Just a quick q.
If the red wire coming from the encoder IS ground and the black wire is signal, then technically if I test the voltage between the 2 pin button encoder wires, I should get positive voltage if I put the red multimeter terminal on the black 2 pin wire and the black multimeter terminal on the red wire from the encoder, am I correct?
This is not the case though. If I test the wires this way, i get negative voltage. (-4.5v)
So wouldn't that mean that black wire from the 2 pin wires from the encoder is indeed ground?
yotsuya:
--- Quote from: InfantSorrow on February 22, 2014, 04:19:15 am ---Technically, an ipac is $40 solution to a $5 problem.
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And it works right out of the box, without any extra software, diodes, coding, figthing, forum posts, etc. :cheers:
I've used many kinds of encoders (Zero Delay), and will stick with the I-Pac. My time and relaxation level is worth $40.
I don't use powered coin mechs, so that's a new one though.
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