Hey sorry I actually did research and bought the stuff I needed and asked a couple of people what to get. Also i just finished it, it wasnt that hard just very tedious. I can send you a picture if you want?
Hello arduinonoob27
You can start with the Basic Engineering by drawing a block diagram to identify the interfaces with their physical and logical characteristics.
Send the Uno back for a refund, that was a mistake.
Instead of the Uno, get an Arduino Micro or Pro Micro. These are suitable for making a button box, and compatible with breadboards.
Why mine connects just fine when i press the button or spin the encoder the tx light turns on and mostly everything is connected to the breadboard (idk if the tx light mean if it work im just guessing)
I do agree with your opinion but with the coding I am very bad at it so ill have to research it
It appears you will not get your money's worth out of your investment. Return it and purchase a simple game like Simon says, you might be able to handle that.
Well start with a single button.
If unsure which contacts make and break the contact, start measuring it with your multimeter (and if you don't have one of those yet, get one. It's the most essential tool for working with electricity).
Then wire it up - there are tons of examples out there explaining how to wire up and read a button.
Connect an LED to your board (with appropriate current limiting resistor of course), write simple code to make it light up when you press the button.
When you are at this stage, you've made a very good start already.
Next comes the encoder, again there are lots of examples out there. Get it to work - spit out the rotation count on the Serial monitor.
After that it's a matter of wiring up the rest of the buttons and encoders (you now know how) and integrate it all.
Hey thanks for the response. If the tx light lights up when i press the button or spin the encoder does that mean it works?
Also on the mobiflight software the all 3 encoders are acting as one and all 4 buttons are aswell?
Is this what you intend and expect it to do? Then it works as intended.
If it's just a result of you connecting stuff without understanding what you're connecting and why, then you should go back to studying the example sketches in the IDE and manual pages of the various libraries.