That actually looks like a slightly better (and probably more reliable) design. Looks like a cam and micro-switches. Is that an earlier (inc. PF) design I wonder?
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Originally Posted by HPsauce
And using magnetic reed switches, or (probably better) Hall sensors would be so much more reliable. No doubt someone more knowledgeable can suggest an even better solution. 
It only actually needs to read an angle (or finite number of ranges of angles) and translate that into a number of on/off signals via a table.  |
That's an interesting thought. It probably wouldn't be too much work to develop an improved replacement. I think personally I'd go for some sort of optical rotary encoder for ultimate reliability. A microcontroller and a number of relays would also be needed to translate the rotational angle information into the appropriate contact closures, but those could be mounted in an enclosure elsewhere.
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