RE: Jog Dial - where can I buy ?

["Hawes,Timothy Edward (GEG)" <haweste@xxxxxxx>]

Frank,

A jog dial is a rotary knob that (typically) allows you to scroll though
menus; rotating the knob different directions moves the selection up &
down. A push on the knob usually selects the highlighted item. It's a bit
like scrolling through a menu with cursor keys and then pressing Enter. Jog
dials are on some mobile phones, and shown here: http://www.zonaudio.com/products/ZAC-60.php

I'm looking to put one in a car to control MP3 playback, amongst other
things, so the fewer separate buttons I have to distract me the better :-)

The alternative to a jog dial etc. would be a nice cheap touchscreen :-)
The Proface sounds interesting - I make it around GBP 400. CPC (and others)
do non-touch TFT monitors for GBP 200-300 intended for portable DVD players
etc. so if the Proface is cased, and input-signal ready, it doesn't sound
too bad.

Cheers,

Tim H.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Frank Mc Alinden
>
> Hi Tim
>         Excuse my ignorance Whats a jog dial ??? BTW  seen  a
> nice little Proface Touchscreen at work  about 6"square in
> total... apparently $1000,00 aussie ..is that expensive ???
>
> Frank
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Hawes,Timothy Edward (GEG)
>
>
>   Hi all,
>
>   I'm looking to buy a jog dial for a home-brew project I'm
> working on - ideally around 1" diameter, momentary push
> button and pref. back lit. CPC don't seem to sell them and
> googling only turned up products *with* jog dials.
>
>   Any ideas ?
>
>   Thanks,
>
>   Tim H.
>

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