[sdiy] rotary encoder?

[Paul Maddox]

Tom,

> I've wondered about something like this too, after having seen the  
> nice "virtual pots" on the Nord Lead. The thought was that you could  
> have a ring of LEDs and a single encoder connected to a cheap uP,  
> which would provide LED drive and read the encoder. You could then  
> just treat the whole shebang like a single part and set or read  
> values via SPI (or whatever comms takes your fancy).

I like that idea,
surface mount, SPI or I2C output a complete unit.

Paul