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pico RGB Keypad Base
tinkered briefly with my RGB keypad ,using the Pimoroni samples .. nuttin fancy .the white changed to blue when pressed .
Last edited by caperjack; 13 Jun 2021 at 13:52. Reason: add picture
tinkered briefly with my RGB keypad ,using the Pimoroni samples .. nuttin fancy .the white changed to blue when pressed .
Last edited by caperjack; 13 Jun 2021 at 13:52. Reason: add picture
It looks cool. Macro keypad would be what I think I would do with one.
I haven't done much of anything the last couple of days. Just not in the right frame of mind. Starting to get the itch to get back at it though. I'd get some stuff done early on in the day out on my back deck if it wasn't so dam cold in the morning.
found this ,not sure if its something that will work ,reading so much my heads spinning ..
GitHub - joshuag1000/Raspberry-Pi-Pico-MacroPad: This code allows you to use the Pimoroni RGB Keypad for the Raspberry Pi Pico as a macro keypad in C++
The keybow stuff would likely work. As far as I know its just a less expensive version?
keybow2040-circuitpython/hid-keys-simple.py at master . pimoroni/keybow2040-circuitpython . GitHub
Jack, do you own an Pico Explorer Base? I ask because I have one that I don't really need anymore, that I would trade you for the RGB Keypad. If your interested. I'm thinking you would make better use of the Explorer Base than the RGB Keypad. Just a thought?
I have a Pico Breakout Garden Base on the way, which is what I originally wanted. It was listed as coming soon so I settled on the Explorer Base.
The Breakout garden Base is more suited to what I want to do, two SPI and four i2c.
The Explorer only has two i2c, but it does already have a nice big LCD and some other stuff. I know at some point I'll need more than two i2c sockets.
I do have the Explorer Base, might not hurt to own 2, after all I own many ,many Pi's and only one does anything all day long [the sense hat] I want to tinker a bit longer,[tinkering today might be enough ] maybe with the RGB Keypad, But I will be in Sydney tomorrow ,so what I can do is lend it to you so you can see if It works the way you think it does. and truth is ,I could make better use of a hammer and a bag of nails ,than all the Pi stuff I own, LOL
OK, I wasn't sure. Hang on to the RGB Keyboard, you might actually find a god use for it. I have a bunch of other projects on the go I want to tackle first. If you actually decide you don't want it I'll make you a a good deal for it, might even pay cash.
Ok, that works for me. If your sure your fine with having two Explorer bases? I don't mind giving you cash if that's better for you. Anything I do on my Breakout Garden will run on the Explorer, so I'll have some code for you to try out down the road. It should be just minor edits to change what pins the PICO uses for SPI and i2c. I have the i2c pins already figured out. Figuring out the SPI shouldn't be a big deal, the examples likey point out what pins are used.
I've been sidetracked with doing some gardening / planting flowers for Carolyn. And working on putting up some fence in the back yard so I don't have to tie Missy up when I let her out. I hope to be done with that by the end of the week.