@bill,

In Bill's latest email, he states "At one point, the remote control even had a rotary encoder on it. I learned the hard way that using a rotary encoder with an ESP32 isn’t as straightforward as you might think. More time lost!"

Can anyone expand on that?  I have a project that uses a few Arduinos and I'm consolidating it into a single ESP-32.  It will be a lot smaller and more powerful.  But I'm currently using a rotary encoder with the Arduino solution.  And it was very easy to incorporate.  I was expecting the same with the ESP-32.  Any advice would be appreciated!

Hi Bill, any insights?

Ron B

I hope you get the information you need.

Thanks Will, that would explain why my past posts have gone unanswered!

Ron B

Hi Bill, any insights?

Ron B

I looked it up and the only member using bill as a handle has never posted nor replied. I'm thinking that the Bill referenced above should really be addressed to @dronebot-workshop. That's the Bill that creates the content.

I've just got several ESP32's for my next (future) project and was going to ask questions later, however as the subject has been broached I may as well start asking now.

Was the issue interference from the motor causing problems or were there associated issues?

I noted from the link posted by Bill that the TTGO board comes with a display and an encoder.  Does this mean that board cannot be used for motor control.

As a side note my boards C3's were on Dev4 PCB's and require 2 standard breadboards side by side to fit on for experimentation.

In Bill's latest email, he states "At one point, the remote control even had a rotary encoder on it. I learned the hard way that using a rotary encoder with an ESP32 isn’t as straightforward as you might think. More time lost!"

Can anyone expand on that?  I have a project that uses a few Arduinos and I'm consolidating it into a single ESP-32.  It will be a lot smaller and more powerful.  But I'm currently using a rotary encoder with the Arduino solution.  And it was very easy to incorporate.  I was expecting the same with the ESP-32.  Any advice would be appreciated!

Hi Bill, any insights?

Ron B

I came unstuck about 30 years go in this way but it was using a 1MHz 6809 - interrupt on one phase and up/down off the other. It did work "most of the time" but if the encode got a jolt, it exceeded the ability of the 6809 to cope. The solution back then was a neat CMOS dedicated  encoder chip.

Even with the grunt of the 32, It does have a huge amount going on so I'd worry if the encode was monitoring a motor.

Thought: the Pi Pico could be a winner peripheral with it's dedicated input handles.

Can anyone expand on that?  I have a project that uses a few Arduinos and I'm consolidating it into a single ESP-32.  It will be a lot smaller and more powerful.  But I'm currently using a rotary encoder with the Arduino solution.  And it was very easy to incorporate.  I was expecting the same with the ESP-32.  Any advice would be appreciated!