OverDhill Posted December 14, 2018 Posted December 14, 2018 The Saitek X52 and other throttles have a scroll wheel on the backside of the handle. I was wondering if anyone knows if this is a rotary encoder? Any idea for a replacement part?
Svsmokey Posted December 14, 2018 Posted December 14, 2018 Judging by the jitter i experienced with it , and every other auxillary axis on the X52 , it is a pot . Only boutique throttles may have encoders . 9700k @ stock , Aorus Pro Z390 wifi , 32gb 3200 mhz CL16 , 1tb EVO 970 , MSI RX 6800XT Gaming X TRIO , Seasonic Prime 850w Gold , Coolermaster H500m , Noctua NH-D15S , CH Pro throttle and T50CM2/WarBrD base on Foxxmounts , CH pedals , Reverb G2v2
OverDhill Posted December 14, 2018 Author Posted December 14, 2018 Well after taking it apart I would have to say the scroll wheel is a 360 degree Rotary Encoder. I will know better when I test it with the BU0836X 12-Bit Joystick Board. The throttle axis is a pot as are the other rotary axis knobs.
Svsmokey Posted December 14, 2018 Posted December 14, 2018 Hmmm , interesting . Look forward to your results . 9700k @ stock , Aorus Pro Z390 wifi , 32gb 3200 mhz CL16 , 1tb EVO 970 , MSI RX 6800XT Gaming X TRIO , Seasonic Prime 850w Gold , Coolermaster H500m , Noctua NH-D15S , CH Pro throttle and T50CM2/WarBrD base on Foxxmounts , CH pedals , Reverb G2v2
OverDhill Posted December 17, 2018 Author Posted December 17, 2018 Good news it seems the scroll wheel is a rotatory encoder much like the ones in some mouse models. I hooked it up to my BU0836X and it worked fine. They sell mouse encoder replacements of various sizes but I am not sure what size this one it. Fortunately my seems to be working fine.
Svsmokey Posted December 17, 2018 Posted December 17, 2018 Thanks for the input-and the correction-don't know what i was thinking :( 9700k @ stock , Aorus Pro Z390 wifi , 32gb 3200 mhz CL16 , 1tb EVO 970 , MSI RX 6800XT Gaming X TRIO , Seasonic Prime 850w Gold , Coolermaster H500m , Noctua NH-D15S , CH Pro throttle and T50CM2/WarBrD base on Foxxmounts , CH pedals , Reverb G2v2
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