# Feature Request Megathread - Input Module

**URL:** <https://community.frame.work/t/feature-request-megathread-input-module/53700>\
**Category:** Input Module\
**Created:** [June 27, 2024, 6:20pm UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/feature-request-megathread-input-module/53700 "2024-06-27T18:20:25Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 5, 2023, 1:34am UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/feature-request-megathread-input-module/53700/33 "2023-09-05T01:34:26Z")

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> [@Kyle\_Reis](#):
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> Thoughts?

First though, I like it!

Unfortunately, subsequent thoughts that pop into my mind are reasons I don’t think it will work… 🫠  
Including what seems to be a dealbreaker. There are tracks that take up the space under where it seems you placed the arrow keys.

 ![framework-input-board](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/uploads/framework3/original/3X/f/d/fde57d86550152f2f1ec2aa8ca484fd5b614ed52.jpeg)

Nrp said the trackpad module uses a “different interface”.

> [@Input Module Placement Qs](http://community.frame.work/t/input-module-placement-qs/34494/2):
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> The three headers on the left and the two headers on the right are for the Input Modules. All of the interfaces are the same and are documented on GitHub. The three headers in the middle are for the Touchpad and have a different interface.

From something said elsewhere I suspect it might be i2c instead of usb. If this is the case, it could make custom modules for the Touchpad area no longer straight forward.

> [@Kyle\_Reis](#):
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> Laptop key caps aren’t normally designed to be user replaceable and could be damaged: This is true, however I have popped out and back in at least a dozen key caps across four different laptop models from three different brands without any kind of issue. I hope the same is true with the Framework 16’s keyboard.

You might feel it works fine & is worth the risk of breakage, but I wouldn’t expect Framework to agree. You might have had good luck, perhaps skill, in removing laptop keys without damage, but others aren’t so lucky. If I recall, one person who did it on the Framework-13 to create a mixture of transparent & non-transparent keys mentioned breaking a few in the process.

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