Broken rotary encoder knob on x1

[guiltyblade]

So someone knocked my x1 off a table and well a knob busted off. Does anyone know where I can possibly order a replacement pot? I think I might try giving it a re-soldering but i cant seem to pin point the same style pot. I'm out of warranty hence why I figured I might as well open this puppy up, plus it's not exactly a warranty issue since negligence isn't usually covered. I didn't know if anyone on here knew where to order the part from possibly. Luckily it's only a loop knob but if I can fix it why not. Unless someone else has a bright idea!

[Jester]

man thats a bugger mate. thats the right loop encoder right.

[Steve Zorilow]

You'll definitely find a similar one @ Digikey. You'll need to scroll through their list and narrow the results until you find the right one.

Looks like a pretty generic rotary encoder.

[guiltyblade]

Yeah its the right loop encoder. I'll def look on digikey. Thanks for the advice!

[guiltyblade]

Awesome thanks I think I found what I needed I ordered a couple incase I screwed up and a few other styles incase it was the wrong one.

[guiltyblade]

Perfect order a few of them incase I blew it when soldering it and also ordered a couple other ones just in case I grabbed the wrong heights and lengths.

[guiltyblade]

Not sure if its exactly the same but it looks damn close

http://search.digikey.com/us/en/prod...398-ND/2620667

also ordered this one. I'm not sure which one will work though.

http://search.digikey.com/us/en/prod...768-ND/1923363

They should both work, but I'm looking for the closes match.

[Pablo Suave]

I know the thread is old but I want to have such encoder (with no ending on my vci 100) is this possible ?

[Pablo Suave]

cause i want 2x 360 rotary encoder like the loop rotary on the X1 instead of the normal "key" rotary (with a stop on both sides) in my VCI-100. Is this possible ?

[Steve Zorilow]

nope, not without hardware/firmware modification.

Normal potentiometer send a 0-5 volt to the micro controller on a singles pin, VS encoder sends 2 pulsed signals whose, once decoded, indicated if you turn the control clockwise or counter clockwise.