Adabox 19 Macropad

Keyboard / Macropad use cases

Macros with key executions
Shortcuts
Midi notes for music, midi trigger
Gamepad, joystick
Colour keys and colour feedback
Rotary encoder (rotate or push), also used for reset on push down with reset button
OLED: stats, keys, computer performance

Context switching for applications

Teams:
- Mute/unmute
Games / Applications
- Send special key commands
VS Code:
- Open to dos
No context / Operating System: App shortcuts
- Open Firefox and search on text in clipboard
Media player
- Next, previous
- Advance/go back 10 sec, 1 min, 10 mins
- Volume control
Reminders?

Library written to abstract all hardware of macropad to a library (keys, sounds, rotator)
DisplayIO for key press display on OLED
Fidget mode, temporarily disable HID keys sending data
Board printing and creation - digi key, os park (sp?)
Key matrix, pins, or shift register for each key are used to detech which keys are pressed
- Keys could be used to control other hardware (e.g. servos)
- Keys are “debounced” to allow switches to settle down after presses.
- The RP2040 uses a one key per pin
- Key matrix code demo
- Change py files to load on run

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See Macropad library examples for more code: