=mike= said:
that sounds like a bad idea to me . . . all on or all off kind of a deal . you wouldnt be able to ease the clutch on or off with a button , if that were the case .
Nah, its not a electronic button in that instance. Its a spring loaded shaft inside the handle that transfers the motion to the cable. Functionally the same as a handle clutch.
As far as the electronic button idea, that's what the cap/resistor is for. It causes ramping voltage input/output, instead of instantaneous. The actuator reacts to the voltage levels accordingly and would adequately replicate that motion. Its animatronics really.
Reinventing the wheel is sometimes the fun of it. If not, we'd all still be riding 150cc gas engines driving right into the front wheel. Besides if you building something to be different, why not be different.