rotary switches and knobs

[ripe coyote]

Hi, any body can refere to any place to order aviation knobs and rotary switches sweatable for A320 Autopilot? tnx.

[quasi needle]

Hi. I usually order the encoders from Ali.

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005003672084451.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.main.33.6800241fbFa1MG&algo_pvid=17355193-763b-42cc-9fc1-6574d0b6136e&algo_exp_id=17355193-763b-42cc-9fc1-6574d0b6136e-16&pdp_npi=4%40dis!EUR!2.29!2.13!!!2.46!!%4021038eda16914103079565600e5437!12000026741082226!sea!IT!760664078!&curPageLogUid=TNqXlWA1w4n8

Those are the one I use. Still trying to design my own push/pull solution.

[prisma elk]

aviation knobs and switches are usually very expensive, so most people try to find good replacement from general market

or modify, 3D print and build the controls that are not available as ready units

[dim tiger]

I think that being able to 3D print our knobs caps is one of the main reasons to buy a resin 3D printer in our hobby.

[prisma elk]

@quasi needle https://github.com/MobiFlight/mobiflight-panels/tree/main/aircraft/airbus-a32x/glareshield/fcu

has some mechanism

[quasi needle]

Nice.
It's an interesting design. One question: those json files seems to be related to some PCB designer. Do you know which one?
Thanks!

[prisma elk]

easyeda

the jlcpcb one

there are gerbers too

[ripe coyote]

Thank you Tuomas. I guess I have to invest in a 3d printer too :-). The database is amazing. one question. are all files in 100% scale?

[ripe coyote]

Thank you Luca. I have found dual rotary encoders with switch, but I would like to find with a variant with both push and pull switch which its not so easy. And I am interested of the the knob caps that I can put on the encoders.

[quasi needle]

As far as I know there are no (easy to find) push pull rotary encoders on the market. The repo @prisma elk posted contains some easy way to make one

[prisma elk]

@ripe coyote basically yes, but not all is complete, and most importantly, not everything is a 1:1 mm scale replica

its more like the outer dimensions of panels should be correct

but the contents are "conceptually correct" but adapted to whatever switches and buttons are easily available

[ripe coyote]

Thank you. Fare enough. I would work nice for me.