Rotary Display Menu for Raspberry Pi Pico in MicroPython

Rotary Display Menu for Raspberry Pi Pico in MicroPython

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[VEEBProjects]

This is great. As a cheeky bonus, you casually throw in how to use a rotary encoder that isn't on a breakout board. I scoured the internet for exactly this the other day and came up with nothing. Thanks!

[cirkulx]

I saw this code and was able to adapt it to a 4 button layout, and in the process I changed some things like the amount of items per page. Good code!

[lorisrobots]

Thanks! Your menu code is really masterful! I was able to adapt the concept to momentary switch control.

[iKostanCom]

I like this format of short tutorials very much.

[Rolohaun]

Great work Kevin, your one of the best micropython and electronics channels! Alot of production value goes into your videos. I would love to see your take on making a simple eReader on the pico. Something that just loads a local text file. I made a version using a large 1309 OLED display. Cheers!

[OhHeyTrevorFlowers]

The production values of your videos are great! Thanks for sharing.

[AJBK]

Ouu interesting and perfectly connects with the previous rotary guide.

[LorisHW]

Thanks for this video Kevin - very helpful!

Ja jetzt läuft es. is gegen == getauscht. Großartiges Programm.👍👍👍

[EcoHamletsUK]

Brilliant. Thanks Kevin. I've been wondering if this is possible since the day the Pico was launched, but it seems to go beyond what I'd hoped for! Being able to run multiple programs in this way is what really makes the Pico stand out from Arduinos, so the next question is whether it can be done in C++!

[layz]

How do i replace the rotary encoder with my proprietary buttons?

[BoeAllen]

I'm trying to use a 16x2 LCD instead of the oled, I've come to the issue of 'shift' and 'short_list'. Now I only have two lines to work with, how would that affect the menu. I have the LCD set up and I've done my best integrating it where oled code was but I can't seem to figure out making a loop between menu elements.

[robertolszowka]

Awesome video but there is only one level menu there I curently looking for some like two layer menus can You show how to do that ?

[AM-pijy]

Thanks for the inspiration. What kind of rotary encoder is this? I have a KY-040 and it doesn't work properly.

[hiepkhachmiendong]

please help me. I have loaded the code but the rotary part is standing still, not moving

[nick-qwzh]

Hi Kevin, thank you very much for your videos and especially this one. However, I have a problem. I can install the code in Thony. I can upload it to the pico and the ssd1306 displays the 11 items that I have stored as .py on the Pico so I have changed the number of items in the list. The rotary encoder that I am using is on a breakout board. The first one I used did not change the menu at all so I changed the rotary encoder which has pull up resistors on all ( sw, dt, clk). output and therefore modified your code to take away the pull-up instruction for the three terminals but it’s still made no difference and the code / shortlist/ menu does not respond to the rotary encoder when it is turned or the button is pushed. I expect I am missing something simple but so far it evades me . If you have any thoughts I’m all ears
Cheers
Nick

[gabelogan]

Hello, thanks for your work, I have a question: If I want to use a JoyStick how should I do? Im a bit lost... Thanks again

[mehdikarimpoor]

Hello good time
I program with esp32 in ThonnyIDE environment.
When I upload and run the code, to continue coding, when I hit the stop button and ctrl C, the code and repl environment does not open for me, and there is no way to install the firmware on the board again.
What is the method for this problem? Does using the Visual Studio Code environment solve this problem?

[JonneTerlouw]

After duplicating the project, I found out that my rotary encoder was not working. tried a lot of things, nothing worked. with other coed encoder was working, even with OLED display.
After a decent search I found a thread where some people looked into this code.
What helped me with this code is replacing all " is " with " == ". Now everything is working fine.

[StaticStorm]

Love this project! I am making it happen now and it works perfectly. I was wondering if there’s a way to do it where the file extension “.py” is not shown for each file in the menu. Thanks!