In this section I am reviewing the Human Interface components I like and use in my projects.
Input Devices
One of the most versatile and powerful input user device is the Rotary Encoder. It requires not much space yet allows users to control even sophisticated menu structures.
Because of this, Rotary Encoders are common-place these days in cars and on all kinds of devices.
Output Devices
To provide feedback to the user, the most simplistic output device obviously is the LED.
If you’d like to provide more (and possibly textual) information, the next best thing are OLED displays that come in various sizes and resolutions. They are typically controlled by I2C so they do not require precious GPIO pins, and displays up to roughly one inch are very reasonably priced.
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(content created Feb 27, 2024)