Potentiometer 5 or 6 detents

[ZZII 527]

Edit: Kris beat me to it by a few minutes. And with impressive knowledge of the Digikey catalog!

One way to get approximately what you want is to wire up a SP6T switch as follows:

+5V connected to a resistor R, then to the common lead.
Signal wire should be joined to common lead.

Lead 1: straight to GND
Lead 2: thru resistor value R/4 to GND
Lead 3: thru resistor value 2R/3 to GND
Lead 4: thru resistor value 3R/2 to GND
Lead 5: thru resistor value 4R to GND
Lead 6: thru BIG resistor to GND

This sets up a 6-setting voltage divider which will give the following voltages across the common resistors:

Position 1: ~0V
Position 2: 1V
Position 3: 2V
Position 4: 3V
Position 5: 4V
Position 6: 5V

You can set up ranges in the program to check for this. These resistor ratios can all be approximate, but that gives you the widest separation possible for the analog input, reducing the risk of mistaking one mode from another.

Of course, binary inputs are simpler if you have enough pins.

[Joe Ross]

See Kris Verdeyen and eugenebrooks posts in this thread for a solution on the OI that doesn't require any additional hardware. http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=44662