[Pete] needed a rotary encoder for one of his project so he set out to build his own. As the name implies, a rotary encoder measures rotation by encoding “steps” into electrical signals which ...

[GreatScott!] knows this, and rather than put up with the bump and grind of a cheap rotary encoder, he decided to find an alternative. He ended up exploring hard drive motors as encoders ...

Do you have a knob on your mechanical keyboard but aren't sure what to use it for? Here are a few different options to make ...

Sometimes, all the buttons you have at your disposal to control a computer fall short of the convenience a twirly little knob ...