# rotary-kb
A minimal keyboard consisting only of a rotary encoder with a button

The treeboard:  
Currently selected key is highlighted with a `)`

<img src="images/treeboard.png" alt=""/>

The finished circuit:  
<img src="images/completed-circuit.png" alt=""/>

I sacrificed one Lego piece to make it fit on, now I can attach a Lego wheel to it.  
Since pressing the button takes a bit too much force, there is also a Lego 3x1 brick under the encoder which supports it so that the pins don't take all the load.

<video src="images/linear.mp4" alt="" controls/>
<video src="images/tree_monkeytype.mp4" alt="painfully slow typing in monkeytype using the binary tree layout" controls/>