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  1. I’ve had an Adafruit Macropad for a little over 3 years, and while I was working from home at the start of that period it was permanently on, connected to my MacBook Pro on my desktop, with a variety of shortcuts configured for driving different apps that I used day-to-day. My configuration is on GitHub.

    More recently, I have not been using it nearly as much.

    Last weekend for our Makeroni meetup, I pulled it out of my kit bag and started to tinker some more. I have a variety of additional Qwiic / StemmaQT controls and sensors that I wanted to play with, so I updated to the most recent stable build of CircuitPython and started to have a look at them.

    I also noticed that it is a nice size to act as a companion device to the MNT Pocket Reform…

    MNT Pocket Reform with the Macropad to one sideMacropad with a slider control attached

    I noticed a problem – there was some burn-in on the OLED display where it had been mostly always-on in the past (lesson learned, to manage the screen output more carefully!) – but fortunately, Adafruit have done a lovely job of making that easy to replace. I also think it might be nice to have that screen wedged up at a slight angle to aid readability.

    OLED display showing ghostingRibbon connector for the display on the rear of the MacropadReplacement OLED

    I have a notion that I can 3D print a case to more-or-less match the look of my Hyper Purple laptop. I don’t have an identical colour of filament, but I do have a range of options. I also ordered a bunch of different knobs for the potentiometer, and some alternate keycaps, so that I can make the look a bit more consistent as well.

    A selection of filament colour optionsA close (?) matchSome rotation knob options and keycaps

    I don’t have a final case design yet (and I need to spend some time properly learning FreeCAD and/or Fusion360, really), and I also haven’t finished modifying the macros code to match what I’m using on Debian on the Pocket Reform, but this is just some work-in-progress.

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    https://andypiper.co.uk/2024/08/30/keypad-hacking/

    #Blaugust2024 #100DaysToOffload #3dPrinting #adafruit #circuitpython #hardware #keypad #macropad #maker #mntPocketReform #pocketreform #rp2040 #Technology

  2. I mean, i have been struggling with the tooling for #EmbeddedRust with the #ESP32c6 a bit lately (some of it was #NixOS) mostly to the still fast moving development and changes.
    But overall the experience is quite nice compared to #Arduino and #ArduinoIDE.
    In regards to tooling i think only #CircuitPython or #MicroPython came close.
    I hope that i can get #Embassy working by the end of the week, then i should have a reproducible environment across my devices.
    #RustLang #MicroControllers #IOT

  3. I finally got round to put together a simple based MIDI/audio setup to play with some of those brilliant experiments by @todbot .

    In this clip I'm checking out polyphony and a couple of sounds using a Pico Lipo hooked up to their Pico Audio Pack and @adafruit's MIDI FeatherWing (via a dodgy and bodgy DIY adapter).

    His code can be found at github.com/todbot/qtpy_synth (I think I based my experiment on hwtest7).

  4. #OpenSauceLive was a blast today. Here’s our bushed crew at the end of the day after many many #ALICEfpv Avatar Challenges.

    Come see us on day 2 at booth D3.10

    #RaspberryPi #Robots #Makers #3dPrinting #RoBud #CircuitPython

  5. #OpenSauceLive was a blast today. Here’s our bushed crew at the end of the day after many many #ALICEfpv Avatar Challenges.

    Come see us on day 2 at booth D3.10

    #RaspberryPi #Robots #Makers #3dPrinting #RoBud #CircuitPython

  6. #OpenSauceLive was a blast today. Here’s our bushed crew at the end of the day after many many #ALICEfpv Avatar Challenges.

    Come see us on day 2 at booth D3.10

    #RaspberryPi #Robots #Makers #3dPrinting #RoBud #CircuitPython

  7. #OpenSauceLive was a blast today. Here’s our bushed crew at the end of the day after many many #ALICEfpv Avatar Challenges.

    Come see us on day 2 at booth D3.10

    #RaspberryPi #Robots #Makers #3dPrinting #RoBud #CircuitPython

  8. For anyone ticketed or unticketed looking for #OpenSauceLive meetup options Sat night, check out opensauceafterparty.com/after- !

    I’m going to at least attend the main “unofficial” event. ODrive party looks cool too!


    #Maker #Robots #CircuitPython #RasperryPi #3DPrinting

  9. Gettin’ my robo-babies all packed up to exhibit at #OpenSauceLive !

    Looking forward to introducing them to you @TSA! (I followed all the rules!)


    #robot #maker #robots #makers #3DPrinting
    #RaspberryPi #CircuitPython

  10. Okay! Back to my #maker #wip.

    Here I’m testing #ALICEfpv ‘s #kinect body-tracking combined the the joustick-button-based claw-control.

    “ALICE!? STOP HITTING YOURSELF…”


    #diy #robot #makers #robot #circuitPython #fpv #3Dprinting #electronics

  11. Today’s #robot #maker #wip:

    Program & calibrate #ALICEfpv ‘s headset & #kinect motion-capture to work with the new gripper & mock up the ALICEfpv Avatar Challenge I hope to run at #OpenSauce

    #robots #makers #CircuitPython #3Dprinting #fpv