sony vcr joywheel

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1

Hey guys i was lucky the other day and receved a graveyard from a local tv repair shop and in the mix i found a nice sony vcr so i riped out the jog wheel and hooked it up to my arduino oscilloscope and got the pinout "pic included" now im just not sure how to have the arduino read it ie

if (pin1,pin4 == high ) //all the way left
{
do something
}
if (pin1,pin2,pin3,pin4 == high) // nily all the way left
{
do something else
}

sorry i've been gsc modding for abit so im alittle out of touch but i guess what im asking is how to moniter multiple pins to read this jog wheel
thankyou very much

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2

added a nother pic hope, i've explaned what im try to do ,and thanks for looking

3

Looks like a simple encoder.
You just need to write a sketch to print out the states of the pins as you turn the dial.

4

but i alreaddy know the state of the pins i found them out and joted them down in the first picture im just not sure what to do with the arduino for example when i turn the jog all the way to the left only pins 1 and 4 and pulled to ground but how do i tell the arduino to set lets say pin13 high when pins 1 and 4 on my encoder are pulled to ground,its just like monitering multiple buttons todo something insted of one button

i just dont know the syntax sorry for the silly qustions i figered ou the pinout myself but i'm to new to complete the code

5

only pins 1 and 4 and pulled to ground but how do i tell the arduino to set lets say pin13 high when pins 1 and 4 on my encoder are pulled to ground

You mean like:

if (digitalRead (1) == LOW && digitalRead (4) == LOW) {
  digitalWrite (13, HIGH);
}

(Can you maybe try exercising your punctuation and shift keys?)

6

Yes thank you very much, i will try but i think we have talked about this before im 21 i have kids and im very well spoken however i do lack punctuation but i will try harder

7

It's basically a bunch of if statements

Define your 4 pins

Input pins = 1, 2, 3 and 4

output pins = 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, etc....

if (1==low and 2==low and 3==low and 4==low) {
pin 5 = high
}

if (1==high and 2==low and 3==low and 4==low) {
pin 6 = high
}

if (1==low and 2==low and 3==high and 4==low) {
pin 7 = high
}

rinse

repeat

</sudo code>

8

Or, more simply, just pack the bits into a variable, and use that as an index into an array

9

AWOL:
Or, more simply, just pack the bits into a variable, and use that as an index into an array

simply???, thats like me telling my granmother that her laptops Gpu-Bga chipset need's reflowing,she wont understand that
any more then i understand bits as variables that are index's that go into array's , im sorry but am new and need the help