Thanks for the advice guys. Like i said I'd be replacing the PCB with one that can use a rotary encoder so i understand that part. I'm just wondering if that's enough.
I looked at the BDN9 and it appears that the plate cutouts are all the same size unless i missed something. Although maybe on that plate all the cutouts are a bit bigger then regular mx switch cutouts? If not then maybe adding a rotary encoder in place of an mx switch won't be a problem in terms of clearance.
The reason i originally made the post is because i was looking at the satisfaction75 plate and noticed that the cutout for the rotary encoder was longer vertically than the cutouts for the mx switches. So i was wondering if that was necessary for it to fit or if anyone had experience using a rotary encoder with a plate in the place of a regular mx switch cutout. Would flipping the rotary encoder footprint 90 degrees on the pcb make a difference in terms of getting it to fit in a regular mx plate cutout?
Here are pictures of the S75 plate:
So for instance i was wondering if i took a keyboard like this:
and replaced the pcb with one that would allow me to put a rotary encoder in place of the Prt Sc button
or a keyboard like this:
and replaced the pcb with one that would allow me to use one of the 4 extra media keys on top of the numpad with a rotary encoder
Would the encoder fit without any changes to the plate and case next to the other switches without any clearance issues? Has anyone tried anything like this who might have experience with whether this would work or not?