I looked just like that guy! LOL

Well I just hooked up my old parallel LCD and got it working! The program with interupts is better but still loses count. I wonder if it is because the encoders do not have detents and can change direction in between?

A little more background on what I want to do with these in case someone has an alternative or any other input.

I have the two encoders set up so they are perpendicular to each other. Each has a small weight on one side so they stay oriented to gravity. One is for pitch and one is for roll. The numbers returned will be converted into degrees and then sent to a BOB-4 video module. For those who do not know, the bob-4 is a video overlay module and it supports vector graphics! I am setting it up to display a HUD for my RC plane. This HUD will have Altitude, heading, air speed, artificial horizon, temperature, miliamp hour meter, and some other nifty stuff. All viewed on the ground via a monitor or my video glasses.

Smitty