Rotary Encoders here is a Wiki to get you started with the use of

[Juergen_Bruegl]

Rotary Encoders

here is a Wiki to get you started with the use of Rotary Encoders to control your light effects.
It includes an example for Fire2012

GyroGearloose/FastLED_Rotary_Encoder

[marmil (Marc Miller)]

Thanks for this good resource @Juergen_Bruegl .

[Andrew_Tuline]

Just talked me into ordering up some rotary encoders.

[Juergen_Bruegl]

ALPS are awesome
http://www.alps.com/prod/info/E/HTML/Encoder/Incremental/Incremental_list1.html

[Antonio_Valenti]

Very…very interesting! Thanks