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Adafruit I2C QT Rotary Encoder Arduino Docs

Adafruit I2C QT Rotary Encoder

A rotary encoder with STEMMA QT!

by Liz Clark

published May 11, 2021, last edited April 10, 2026
last major update May 21, 2021

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