What is a rotary encoder? A rotary encoder (RT) is a device that you can rotate infinitely. On most rotary encoders, when you rotate them you will feel a bump (known as steps), and most RTs have about ...

“I looked at all the available rotary encoder sketches and none of them met my needs, so I have written my own, and here it is”. Well, I looked at all the ...

It’s probably not much of a stretch to say that many of us have taken on a project or two that were little more than thinly veiled excuses to add a new tool or piece of gear to our arsenal. There’s ...

Makers and ordering your enthusiasts looking for a new project to keep them busy may be interested in this new Arduino rotary phone hack which uses an Arduino Pro Mini and a SIM900 GSM shield. Created ...

You can use an old rotary telephone dialer in conjunction with your microcontroller to implement all sorts of things; for example, you could use it to enter a series of numbers to unlock a safe. You ...

This one caught my eye on twitter - a Redditor has converted a 1961 Western Electric Model 500 old-style telephone into a rotary cell phone using Arduino. It's an impressive project that not only uses ...

It’s safe to say that few people still use rotary phones on a daily basis. Hell, most of us don’t even use landline telephones anymore. But just because these classic phones are no longer being used ...