new user, making a simple button box with push on/off and rotary encoders

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Hi,

New to using arduino. I have used them before but they were sketches already completed. A few questions;

  1. Do I need to program sketches from scratch or is there a coded template to start with and I just use what I need and comment out anything I am not using?

  2. If I need to code from a blank slate as my title stated this will be for a simple box that will have 5 momentary push buttons and two rotary encoders (turn left right dials and push button, is there any tutorials out there?

I am not a programmer but I can self teach a good amount. I have read a bit into programming basics with C# , Java, etc but it's been a long time!

Thank you

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After 45 years of programming I want to say that it is more difficult to read and understand unknown code than starting from a very small given sketch, learn and try things Yourself. To read existing code and understand calls for more experience than starting from a low level.

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I was looking over the examples but couldn't find a simple on off button sketch. Do these boards need instructions for on off or just coding to state which pin is being used for that button?

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There are examples for reading buttons safely. Robin2 knows them, I don't. Search for "Arduino button". Buttons bounce, makes contact and looses contact within milliseconds and that has to be taken care off.

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If you look under the video there is a link to the details.

A bit weird to navigate around but if you look on the link page down the left hand side there are 4 different design files you can download.

Hope it helps.......

Edit... seems cannot download there anymore for some reason.
No matter, it's on Github.......

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Not to mention these - in the IDE/file/examples/digital & language reference.

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