It seems like it would be relatively easy to drill a hole on the side of a button box and attach a rotary encoder there. Then attach one of these rubber wheels to the shaft of the encoder.
I think screws are tightened at the shaft with an allen wrench.
What size wheel would you recommend? There are 65 mm diameter wheels to 300 mm diameter wheels. What is the actual size of a real life Cessna trim wheel?
Would one of those cheap rotary encoders work such as:
Or do I need to get a bigger encoder such as:
I think with a big encoder, I would have to provide additional power to the arduino.
I’m trying to build a button box that is Cessna and A320 centric.
Chris