thiNcoder
Place rotary switches anywhere.

thiNcoder RT: award-winning Duraswitch rotary switch

thiNcoder EZI: designed specifically for the white goods industry, functions as 5-bit encoder, 2-bit repeating Gray Code or selector switch

NEW - Pushbutton Rotary Switch: pushbutton selector function in one simple switch that is easily incorporated into a membrane switch panel or utilized as a discrete switch.

All thiNcoder products offer advantages over traditional rotary switches:

Low cost
  · Low component costs
  · Integration with pushbuttons eliminates secondary assembly processes
  · No soldering required

Lowest profile encoder available
  · Ultra-thin; non-invasive
  · Package thickness below overlay is less than 0.085"

Flat panel integration on flex circuit
  · Easily integrated with other switch products on one flex circuit
  · Final assembly as easy as a membrane switch

Design customization: multiple codes and indexing options
  · Quadrature (repeating 2-bit Gray Code)
  · Binary (repeating 2-bit code)
  · Analog potentiometer
  · Custom electrical outputs available
  · Sweeps/detents/stops can be easily customized

Reliability and Durability
  · Up to 500,000 rotations

Environmentally sealed circuit
  · Eliminates through-holes

The thiNcoder® rotary switch operates when a user manipulates the rotary knob. When the knob twists, the magnet within the rotary causes the gold-plated balls to rotate within their circular housing. As the balls roll across the flex-circuit membrane, they move either into or out of shorting relation with the electrodes, and the user's input is received by the machine.