Hey guys, i'm trying to find a small
slip ring which provides 4 contacts as well as position information about the rotation.
Doesn't really matter how the rotation sense is done internally but i would much prefer an absolute value as opposed to being relative to start position. A continuous rotation pot would be ideal.
Size doesn't matter to much, but ideally smaller than 4cm width wise.
Anyone seen something like that for <US$30 ?
Or, failing that, does anyone have ideas for getting position from a slip ring externally which would be easy to do mechanically?
Best way i can think of is a magnet and hall sensor, time each revolution using a micro and calc the angle assuming constant speed.