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I havent poked around any of the other controllers yet, but I've always found NodeRED to be the best integrator between the world of things and the cloud.
The ThingBox Project is a great "plug and play" implementation of NodeRED for the Raspberry Pi, that saves a lot of the hassle in setting up MQTT and many other individual nodes.

It would be great if either NodeRED or The ThingBox could be added to the list of supported controllers. I'm guessing this would involve programming a MySensors Gateway node, which shouldnt be too difficult. especially for the MQTT-Gateway.

Hello,
I'm trying to modify the "Dimmable LED With Rotary Encoder" example to use as an RGB LED actuator rather than a dimmer. The key for making this work however is the Illuminated RGB Rotary Encoder from Sparkfun which conveniently includes an RGB LED inside the knob itself.
The goal is to be able to find a desired color by twisting the knob and to select it with the pushbutton. The color values will then be transmitted to a controller which in turn signals the RGB Light Bulbs (e.g HUE,LIFX, LimitlessLED) to reflect the chosen color.
I had originally planned to use a simple trim pot with a Neopixel Ring and an ESP8266 transmitting via MQTT, but the RGB Rotary Encoder seemed to simplify matters considerably. I should've guessed that nothing ever ends up being that easy as it turns out no two people seem to agree on a standard approach to programming rotary encoders with Arduino... Some say you need to use interrupts, others insist on adding resistors or capacitors... Luckily my research led me full circle back to MySensors where the DimmableLED sketch ALMOST accomplishes my goal... But not quite...
If others have had experience with either the DimmableLEDRotaryEncoder example and/or the RGB Encoder from Sparkfun, I would greatly appreciate suggestions.
When I'm able to complete a proof of concept I'm planning to author a detailed tutorial on hackster.io, and I'll be sure to credit anyone who helps!