Nextion display + buttons + rotary encoder working with simhub

Diabeftw · Jun 8, 2020

Hello,
I have started using simhub lately and I am planning on modding my thrustmaster f1 wheel. I have bought a nextion display, an arduino pro micro and a bunch of buttons and rotary encoders.
So far i have got the display working and I think the buttons are not that hard to add in the sketch of nextionmicrobridge.
But at the moment i cant figure out how to add the rotary encoders to the sketch. I was wondering if anyone could help me out by sharing an example code or something like that. I would appreciate it.
Kind regards
Frank

Mcorp · Jun 15, 2020

Just map them as buttons i have that as well (depending on encoder you have). just like a buttonbox

Peter Winkler · Aug 2, 2020

Hi Frank,
did you solve this - also looking for a sketch to make the arduino, button, nextion, encoder mix on one board
THX
Peter

Mcorp · Aug 2, 2020

i use 2 pro micro's for this the nextion 4,2 takes to much power so you need to seperate the led's and nextion so i used 1 micro for the data of the screen and led's and the second for power of the nextion and buttons/rotatry.

rdauser · Aug 3, 2020

have you had a look at the documentation already?
here is a way to do so: https://github.com/SHWotever/SimHub/wiki/Nextion-Display#wiring-nextion-through-an-arduino-micro
hope this will help you

Peter Winkler · Aug 11, 2020

Hi, yes the documentation i saw, its clearly telling us that it should work. but i would need to program myself :-( and i am not really good in this. hence i was looking for someone who did this job already

, Peter

Jocsan92 · Dec 24, 2020

hi, i have the same problem. i want to put 8 buttons, 5 rotary encoders, 16 leds and 1 nextion 4,3 inch screen but i dont know how to put in the same pro micro.

Mcorp · Dec 24, 2020

the problem is that the leds take to much power away from the screen depending on what screen you have offcourse there is a bridge file that makes the nextion and leds work togheter but i don't know if the buttons will work hence i choose to use two micros.....it al about power usage on one Micro.