Making a rotary, NeoPixel-lit fidget encoder

The Facelesstech blog discusses making a desktop rotary encoder with NeoPixel smart LEDs around the edge.

I’ve always liked fidget toys but I always thought they were missing something, This is why I decided to make some fidget toys but with electronics in them. I raided my parts bin and found a nice clicky encoder and set about hacking.

The base was 3D printed.

See the video below and more in the post here.

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• Source: https://blog.adafruit.com/2023/12/08/making-a-rotary-neopixel-lit-fidget-encoder/