From: Rich. on
It's made by EBE a German company. You might have to try and contact them
through email for the exact replacement part.
http://ebe-gmbh.de/cont/de/ebe/pro/itro/CESI.html

Here's the Google translation of the webpage.
http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=1&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Febe-gmbh.de%2Fcont%2Fde%2Febe%2Fpro%2Fitro%2FCESI.html&sl=de&tl=en


"DaveC" <invalid(a)invalid.net> wrote in message
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> <http://i42.tinypic.com/nbt2ci.jpg>
> <http://i43.tinypic.com/10rpd3d.jpg>
> <http://i39.tinypic.com/28gtmvs.jpg>
>
> How can I find a source for this component (in the US, or anywhere)? It's
> a
> rotary encoder used as an input to a microcontroller to rotate a motor
> shaft
> in small increments in a 10-year old German printing machine.
>
> There are 32 detents per revolution. The unit includes a momentary
> pushbutton
> (when you push on the shaft there is click and tactile feedback).
>
> I presume it's a gray-code quadrature output encoder. Optical? Mechanical?
> Only 5 of the pins are used. (Typically power, ground, channel 1, channel
> 2,
> ... ?)
>
> Source? Data sheet?
>
> Does this look like Klockner-Moeller? Or it may be Japanese -- the LCD
> display for this equipment is Hitachi.
>
> Thanks,
> Dave
>

From: krw on
On Wed, 5 May 2010 21:45:20 -0700, DaveC <invalid(a)invalid.net> wrote:

>Yes, I can find *a* rotary encoder. I need *this* rotary encoder.

Why?

>Any idea the make & model of this one? Is EBE the manufacturer?
From: James Sweet on
krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz wrote:
> On Wed, 5 May 2010 21:45:20 -0700, DaveC <invalid(a)invalid.net> wrote:
>
>> Yes, I can find *a* rotary encoder. I need *this* rotary encoder.
>
> Why?
>
>

Probably trying to use it in an existing design. Parts like this seem to
vary pretty widely on mechanical layout.
From: DaveC on
>> Why?

> Probably trying to use it in an existing design. Parts like this seem to
> vary pretty widely on mechanical layout.

Yes. Because of existing electrical interface & mechanical mounting. Could
re-engineer, but easiest / quickest is to replace with identical unit.

Dave

From: krw on
On Thu, 6 May 2010 20:09:14 -0700, DaveC <invalid(a)invalid.net> wrote:

>>> Why?
>
>> Probably trying to use it in an existing design. Parts like this seem to
>> vary pretty widely on mechanical layout.
>
>Yes. Because of existing electrical interface & mechanical mounting. Could
>re-engineer, but easiest / quickest is to replace with identical unit.

The electrical interfaces, at least of the models I've used, are identical.
Mounting varies somewhat across models, but it's close enough that a one-off
should be possible.