[dayneger]

This question is probably an absolute no-brainer, but since I've been surprised by things like this before  , I thought I'd ask!

I'm trying to keep the front of my GK-1R as simple and clean as possible.  To this effect I'll be lightly rewiring the keypad so that all of the buttons are on a single row (basically, mute comes up where phono would be and HT-bypass only works with the remote).

As for the IR-sensor, it's also on the former second keypad row--hence the need for a new location.  My big brainstorm (I think this's kind of sneaky ) is to mount it in the volume knob, with the little dot acting as the volume level indicator.  This would require leads of approximately 150mm / 6" between the board and the sensor, including a small loop to take care of the rotation.

Any reason why this wouldn't work, or tips on how best to implement it so that is does?

Dayne

[Tinker]

As for the IR-sensor, it's also on the former second keypad row--hence the need for a new location. My big brainstorm (I think this's kind of sneaky ) is to mount it in the volume knob, with the little dot acting as the volume level indicator. This would require leads of approximately 150mm / 6" between the board and the sensor, including a small loop to take care of the rotation.

Any reason why this wouldn't work, or tips on how best to implement it so that is does?

I don't see any reason why this wouldn't work.  In fact I've had this IR receiver waving around on 1.5m of cable, no problem! HOWEVER, although I have never managed to destroy one in this way, the data sheet states that this is a static sensistive device. In principle a finger-borne static discharge could damage either the receiver, demodulator, filter or driver. This is unexplored territory. Tread carefully.


T.

[dayneger]

Hmm, good point, Tinker.  Might want to keep that in mind wherever I place it.  Giving the static an easy path to ground is no problem, but maybe a little dicey if someone's finger actually touched the sensor directly.

Thanks for the tip!

Dayne