“Delivery was epic, arrived the very next day. Better service than Prime, thank you. As far as the product itself goes I haven't got a clue as this is a Christmas gift for hubby. I will come back and review after Christmas”
“Days ago I wrote a review that I think was unfair. Fortunately, the people at Pimoroni guided me to find a solution to my problem.
Now I've been able to add an OLED display and rotary encoder to the keybow2040 so it works the way I wanted it to. Thank you Pimoroni!
I leave a couple of links, one of the code (https://github.com/manelto/MacroPad-keybow2040-) and another of the 3D models (https://www.printables.com/model/228327-keybow2040-macropad- with-display-and-encoder), in case other people want to do something similar.
I leave the previous review as penance for my ignorance.
It's good, but with important shortcomings. The impossibility of using the libraries that have been developed for the device to easily connect other components via I2C (such as OLED screens or encoders) makes it more limited than it should be, especially considering that it has the appropriate connectors to allow this possibility.”
Ahoy Manuel!
Sorry to hear you've not managed to get it working! It should certainly be possible to connect I2C devices up to the pads on the underside of Keybow - if you drop an email to support@pimoroni.com with some photos showing your connections and what code you've tried we'll do our best to help figure out what might be going wrong.
You could try this CircuitPython example to show you if your I2C devices are being detected: https://learn.adafruit.com/scanning-i2c-addresses/circuitpython
“I have it with the relegendable keycaps, and the LED lights bleed quite a lot and are not very visible from an angle. The build quality however is really good and assembly was a breeze: it took longer to find a screwdriver than it did to assemble the kit.”
“This is such a fun little board!
I wasn't expecting to need to code it manually (I was expecting some kind of executable file that would allow me to mess with the macros), but that ended up being super fun! I use this mainly as a number pad and for my push-to-talk or other buttons; I'm excited to add some extra layers to it, though, and put some of my Photoshop or coding shortcuts on there.”
“I save thousands of keystrokes every day with this beauty. I actually own two, one for each hand and sit them beside my keyboard and mouse. The RGB is dope and it's quick and easy to set up with the library.”
