Hardware & Technical Help needed making custom slider with hall effect sensor :)

GunnerBill

GunnerBill
Using my 3D Design and Printing software I can design a custom slider to sit along side my setup. I can even make it.

However I have no idea how to wire in a Hall Effect sensor to USB so that it can be read by the PC as a device...

Can anyone point me in the right direction?
 

GunnerBill

GunnerBill
I’m getting on well with this project but finding magnets for the sensors is a bit random.

The company linked does not supply magnets for the sensors and although most of the UK magnet suppliers have heard of the sensors they can’t offer a best solution.

Amyone use a specific type of magnet?
 

Shadowdancer

Shadowdancer
I'd just translate the slide motion into something that you can attach a rotary hall sensor in potentiometer format to, or simply use a decent potentiometer in the first place.
 

Shadowdancer

Shadowdancer
Seriously though, what's speaking against normal pots in that application? If you get any decent part you're very unlikely to run into precision or wear issues. They're getting a bad rep because consumer gear manufacturers are getting theirs from the Shenzhen back-alley sales.
 

GunnerBill

GunnerBill
Shadowdancer said:
Seriously though, what's speaking against normal pots in that application? If you get any decent part you're very unlikely to run into precision or wear issues. They're getting a bad rep because consumer gear manufacturers are getting theirs from the Shenzhen back-alley sales.
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Nothing actually, I'm maybe falling for that bad press too? Some of the pot's I got to test from that store have pretty good spec's.
 
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