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PathPilot interface enhancements

gerritv said:
I am about to use a 24 key pad along with HID-Remapper and 2 part key caps for my PathPilot console.
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006821410180.html 2 part key caps.
https://github.com/jfedor2/hid-remapper key remapper, avoids using the manufacturer's sometimes irritating keymap application.

I have a touch screen but still prefer keys, esp. for entering commands in MDI.
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I'll be very interested in this project if you want to post the details when you're done. I'd love to build something for my Tormach/pathpilot.
 
@gerritv I too am interested in what you come up with for PathPilot interface. I have the touch screen, a keyboard and the Shuttlexpress but think it can definitely be improved upon.
 
I already implemented the 3 override potentiometers and a few lights. But that used a Teensy 3 which are NLA.
I'll try that with a different ATmega controller, stay tuned.
 
This is where I will document my efforts to:
1) re-implement the GenericHID based Tormach controller in a modern SOC.
2) using HID-remapper to add keypad(s) to control PathPilot.
 
Teensy 2.0++ boards are NLA from PJRC but they appear to be available from you guessed it, AliExpress 🙂 I have a spare but I am also working (very slowly) to using a STM32 blue or black pill to accomplish the same since those are inexpensive and prevalent. The GenericHID tool that Tormach used to create their controller interface is arcane and perverse. And quite frankly although LUFA is inside somewhere it is difficult to separate anything out of the single application. Hence wanting to use something 21st century.

It will be a couple of weeks.
 
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