Encoder/Handwheel Idea

I copied this from the rcm ng. Anyone ever try this to make a 'handwheel'
knob to move various axis around?

>>. Found a neat encoder trick. I
>>am using a spare 1000 bit encoder as a hand held jog wheel. Wrote some VB
>>code so that each "click" of the encoder advances the stepper one step.

>I suppose you know that you can connect the 'A' and 'B' outputs of the

encoder

>directly to the Clock and Direction inputs of most stepper drivers. That

will

>allow direct jogging of the stepper without any computer or writing of code
>involved. You may need a pullup resistor, but I haven't found it necessary
>with Compumotor, API or other drivers I've tried.

Bob