Enacoder problem

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Mixtel90 Guru Joined: 05/10/2019 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 8964	Posted: 10:30pm 03 Nov 2022       @lizby 5-pin ecoders might be optical types with a led/sensor to read the track and may also contain a switch to Gnd. Most cheap ones use wiper switches to Gnd (although you can use them "upside down" with pull-down resistors and the wiper to VCC) and have no VCC connection. Some have one or two switch connections though.