Eurorack DIY: Rotary dial module

[@philzerkel3486]

I love projects that combine seemingly disparate components. Thoughtfully presented, thanks for taking the time to make this.

[@deepfriedbeats]

That was SUPER DUPER RAD!!! Thanks for sharing it.. Kind of glad I kept my old one around.. If anyone needs a rotary phone for this let me know.. May have a couple..

[@chiefthomson]

I think I can foresee that 2000 years in the future some archaeologists will unearth a heavy duty metal ring attached to some unidentifiable object, still in decent shape to give them a riddle for a couple of weeks LOL really love the idea, it looks like a lot of fun.

[@meatwagonfpv6667]

Dude! Awesome. Particularly liked the Nixon speech too, so fitting. I was thinking you could possibly build a manual tension clutch to the governor to control the speed of the return on demand. Wish I had a mill too. Anyway, I just subscribed, looking forward to more builds.

[@JasperHoogland]

awesome idea and a great explanation and video. Thanks!

[@JxH]

The movie "In & Out" had the 'ditzy model' character played by Shalom Harlow left to order pizza with a rotary dial phone. She poked the numbers, and then cried "Kyle !!". It's worthy of being a meme. "Kyle!!"

[@smellsofbikes]

I love this. I particularly like that unique dial springback noise. Nice explanation of how they work. Also, good choice for backing music: very Arcade Fire-esque. Your mention about a current limiting resistor to handle the short when plugging in that phono jack is going to save people a lot of heartache. I've done that and it was very frustrating.

[@Attoparsec]

I didn't notice when I was selecting the song, since I impatiently skip around a bunch looking for one that feels right, but with a name of "Motor Hums" it *has* to be intentional.

[@smellsofbikes]

heh rewatching this two years later and I was all hey wow that sounds like arcade fire and then I look at the comments and...

[@JCHaywire]

Your stuff is crazy awesome. Glad I found you. Jonathan in Seattle

[@smellsofbikes]

I hope you don't mind: I love this wanton and beautiful reuse of a phone dial so much I submitted it to hackaday under one of your favored aliases.

[@Attoparsec]

Hee, thanks -- I haven't been on hackaday in a long time!

[@smellsofbikes]

@@Attoparsec This seemed like exactly their schtick, especially as they had another, less cool, less explanatory, pulse dial project today.

[@RoamingAdhocrat]

is this the closest thing to a clock escapement you've put to film so far? :D

[@channelite]

cool video. where did you learn how to use the machinery to make the module? is it all your equipment? i wish i had access to stuff like that.

[@Attoparsec]

I was introduced to the student shop as part of an undergrad robotics competition, and I've been hooked ever since.

[@EdwinSL]

Original idea, properly executed. Nice!

[@the2d]

RadioShack used to make these dtmf encoders that were handheld, you have me thinking about those for some reason. Really cool project!

[@Attoparsec]

Thanks! I was actually working on a DTMF module to go with this, that did quantization on 2 X/Y CV signals to determine which tones were being played. It worked on the breadboard, but never on PCB. I should really get back to that one, for just once I'd like to triumph over opamps!

[@the2d]

@@Attoparsec I'd love to see a schematic of what you came up with!

[@Maycauseblindness]

“The party line”

[@digita1215]

Amazing idea dude.