Feature Request Megathread - Input Module

[Cory_Galloway]

I got the LED matrix spacers and the macropad and numpad which was a little crazy and i cannot live without the numpad or macropad. mostly macropad now. but i would love to be able to use the LED matrix spacers in place of the touchpad spacers. so i could have both the macropad and the LED matrix going at same time. is there a way to have a through hole flexible pcb made that allows the pogo pins to push through and still power the macropad but split to be able to power whatever is in the touchpad spacer locations? im just throwing it out there but not sure if that is even possible.

[Billybyte]

Like others have said, it would be so cool to have the option of a Haptic touchpad on the 13 or 16, like Apple’s MacBooks or Microsoft’s Surface laptops. I had a Snapdragon Surface laptop for a few months but ultimately sold it because Windows on Arm isn’t quite there yet for me software-wise. But! The haptics were so good I think about it too much .

[Jesus_Leganes-Combar]

Full vertical input touch screen

A half-width input module that’s a touch screen, and whose height is both the keyboard and trackpad areas. With the same pixel density as the main screen, can be used as a secondary one, and being a touch one, can be used an on-screen touchpad that can be hidden on demand. My idea is to have a split keyboard and put the full heigh touch screen in the center, working the lower half as a touch pad, and the upper half as an extension of the main screen. Think of distribution like a sort of a BIG N…

[Ante_Vukorepa]

Why not half-width macro pad?

As the title says - why create a full (numpad) width macro pad instead of a half width? Two half width, one on each side of the keyboard would not only center the keyboard and avoid having to deal with an offset trackpad, but also be more ergonomic (you don’t have to use the same hand and extra reach to get to all the macro keys). Kind of an odd design choice. I guess made to simplify things (by recycling and reusing numpad tooling)?

[Aur0raAura]

I dunno if this is still active, but there’s one thing I REALLY wanna see as a module for the 16"…

So, I’m an artist and I recently got one of these fancy TourBoxes. The buttons, knobs and wheels are just so good for my workflow, but i really dont wanna bring my tourbox on the go! SO…if it’s possible to create a module where you can have some knobs, wheels and even some buttons to make them shortcuts for art/video editing/photo editing/etc., it would be amazing!!

Something like the drawing above! idk i think it would be nice to have personally.

[Lim]

Here’s my early idea (inspired by @pitstop_tech 's midi keyboard and drum pad) — I’d love to implement larger circular softpots to have a dj deck module in that same capacitive touch style. Add a few linear softpots and some velocity/pressure responsive buttons, and i think it would be an awesome setup. Looking for senors bigger than the photo below but this is the general idea.

We’ll see if i have the time or skills to actually do it (if it happens, I’ll make a thread).