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mozzie
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Posted: 01:08pm 10 Feb 2026

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G'day,
Whilst I guess this is likely a question for Peter Mather, it would be great to get a sense of whether anyone else would think it a worthwhile addition.
Or is it just me...

With several recent (and several historic) threads regarding keyboard functionality, would the following be considered a possible addition in a future version of MMbasic/PicoMite?

The ability to change the USB port on the Picomite from Serial device (CDC) to Keyboard / Mouse (boot) protocol device? (or possibly gamepad)

This has always been something I think would greatly enhance the PicoMite, the ability to create custom keyboards etc with the power and ease of MMbasic to do the key encoding / macros.

After trying several keyboard emulators with CircuitPython for the disabled / elderly, I believe MMbasic / PicoMite would be a far better platform.

The idea of a 7" touchscreen keyboard that can be customised endlessly also springs to mind.

The ability to then plug this into a PicoMite USB variant to control it as well opens more possibilities as a game controller etc.

I think this was discussed early in the PicoMite story and has reappeared from time to time.

As usual I have no real idea how difficult (or otherwise) this would be.

Once again, many thanks to all involved.

Regards,
Lyle.
Edited 2026-02-11 09:04 by mozzie

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