Pedalboard build : best practice for encoder and switch breakout?

[wyleu]

I2C would seem the best way to go in such a world. We’ve ( Well jofo…) played around a bit with colours on encoders and LED Rings …

Zynthian MIDI-UB Controller

Hi @Zynthianers! I’ve made a little stop in zynthian software development and have finished a little project that has been over my desktop from a few months ago. Here is the result: [image] It’s a simple MIDI-USB controller with 8 rotary encoders with led-ring, controlled by an Arduino-like board: the SparkFun ATmega32U4. [image] The firmware allows to control upto 24 MIDI-CC parameters arranged in 3 layers: red, green, blue. You can change the layer by clicking the top-left encoder. […

I2C lit encoders

I think you might be slightly misunderstanding the implementation. The knob displays a colour but does not display an encoder position. There is an example that got built as an experiment . Zynthian MIDI-UB Controller [image] It also demonstrates the difficulty of lining up lights and encoder pointers !! But what I’m working with are encoders that have one settable colour. Now there are few things we can do. 1/ Set the colour of four knobs to match the GUI display colour. This would gi…