Coding a KY-040 Rotary Encoder on a Raspberry Pi Pico - Detailed Explanation & Step by Step Code

A step by step tutorial on how a KY-040 Rotary Encoder works using MicroPython code on a Raspberry Pi Pico or any Microcontroller of choice. More Info https://gurgleapps.com/learn/electron... ★ Please 👍 like, subscribe & comment to our channel, it is really appreciated. 🙏 If you like our work you may want to help us with the costs to keep producing and buy us a pizza 🍕 the link to buymeacoffee.com : https://www.buymeacoffee.com/GurgleApps. Thanks as always for your support. ✨The code can be found at: https://github.com/gurgleapps/rotary-... 00:00 Introduction 00:15 Cost of KY-040 Rotary Encoder 02:17 How a KY-040 Rotary Encoder works without code 03:19 Explanation of Rotary Encoder Pins and how to connect them to the Breadboard 05:14 KY-040 Rotary Encoder hooked up to a Raspberry Pi Pico 05:21 Explanation of the Micropython Code 06:28 Explaining irq in the code 07:15 Testing out the code using the Rotary Encoder 08:00 Getting rid of repeats 08:35 Binary Shifts 11:24 Testing out the code with no repetitions 14:00 Creating the code for clockwise and anti-clockwise turns 15:19 Testing the above code 16:14 Putting all code above into a class and saving it onto Microcontroller device 20:27 Using the class created above in a new file 21:18 Running the file and testing if the class works 21:52 Back in Class to modify the code some more to simplify things 22:57 Back into the file that has imported the Class written above to incorporate changes 24:56 Back in the Class to make the code more robust 28:30 Switch detect function including detection of press and release of switch 30:22 Testing the Press and Release of the Rotary Encoder Switch ✨Videos mentioned in this tutorial are ⁕How a Breadboard works    • Breadboard - What is it? - How does it work?   ⁕Pico Pong    • Fun Game Alert! How to Make Pico Pong with...   ⁕Binary And Hexadecimal how to convert to any number base    • What is Binary and Hexadecimal? & How to C...   ✨Parts can be obtained from Amazon https://amazon.co.uk/shop/gurgleapps​ - UK https://amazon.com/shop/gurgleapps​ - US We have an affiliated partnership with Amazon, any money (pennies or cents) we make goes into our University or College fund. #raspberryPiPico #microPython #raspberryPi