HackSpace Magazine Issue 48: Make an isomorphic keyboard with Pico #PiDay #RaspberryPi #CircuitPython @HackSpaceMag
HackSpace magazine issue 48 demonstrates a project to make an isomorphic keyboard using a Raspberry Pi Pico programmed in CircuitPython.
Last month we showed you how to make a switch matrix and enclosure for an isomorphic layout keyboard. This month we will finish the construction, and look at the Pico board, control switches, OLED display, and rotary encoder, as well as how to wire it all together. We will also look at the software we need to test what we have built, and the final software to bring it all to life.
We decided to use CircuitPython from Adafruit, having used MicroPython, and C in our previous two projects. It had the big advantage of having a USB MIDI capability.
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