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| Posted: 01:05am 27 Mar 2024 |
Yes I considered a 5x5 keypad which would be smaller, make a good wifi remote size, drop the trig buttons for 5 program buttons instead.
The keypad is a "sea of holes" proto board cut down to approx 6cm x8.5 cm. The keys are the standard 6mm button switches with labels glued on with epoxy, that is probably not durable but there are switches with label fittings for a final version. I will try to get some 6x5 switch keypad pcbs made, I am out of date with pcb software so it may need a learning curve
Not sure yet if I can distribute it freely, it has software fron eg Adafruit /earlephilhower/etc as a foundation so there may be issues.
Also there is the thought, why distribute something if it is likely to be copied/steamrollered/sold for attempted commercial advantage, with little or no credit back? A project like this has quite some investment in it.