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Installing, Building, and Setting up a Knobbly board

So you got yourself a knobbly and need to know what to do?

Great.

How? But like, no. How'd you get one? There's less than 5 boards known to exist at this moment and, as you can see below, I haven't shared the source yet!

I'm supposed to tell you how to get it up and running.

Maybe even supposed to tell you how to make your own?

But I haven't yet.

TODO:

1. Package Source, and then host here

2. Package board files and gerbers into Source

3. Explain that you need the board, encoders, and the RP2040-Zero board

4. Explain *TESTING* the encoders before soldering them in (Ask me how I discovered that one)

5. [X] Explain getting CircuitPython from AdaFruit and installing it to the 2040

6. [X] Explain copying the Source to the 2040 drive

7. [ ] Explain setting up the source code for the CCs you want to use

Installing the software

Circuit Python rp2040 Zero image page

Download the latest Stable release UF2 file, which should be the one at the top right of the page
Hold the BOOT button on the 2040-Zero while plugging it in to your computer
Your computer should recognize the device as a thumb drive with an informational readme and not much else
Drag the UF2 onto the thumb drive, and it should reboot and come up with a *new* thumb drive, containing a code.py file
Copy the source code from a working Knobbly onto the new Knobbly
Edit the new Knobbly's code.py
Near the top of the file, there should be a line which sets an "offset=<something>"
Add 8 to the <something>
Or select some other knob range, I'm not your boss
Save the file. Eject the drive. Unplug and replug the Knobbly

Now you have a new Knobbly setup