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Re: Potentiometer 5 or 6 detents

If you look around page 1433 of the digikey catalog (which I totally knew off the top of my head), you'll find a type of switch that might be better for your application. It's called a rotary switch, and they come in all kinds of configurations, including SP6T. You can solder a bunch of resistors around the terminals, and it will behave exactly how you described, and can look like a pot to the OI or RC.
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