# Mini drawing tablet module for laptop deck **URL:** \ **Category:** Framework Laptop 16\ **Tags:** framework-laptop-16-amd-7040\ **Created:** [April 9, 2023, 8:47pm UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/mini-drawing-tablet-module-for-laptop-deck/29380 "2023-04-09T20:47:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 32
**Author:** ![Zarquan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c57346/32.png) [@Zarquan](https://community.frame.work/u/Zarquan)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2026, 4:22pm UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/mini-drawing-tablet-module-for-laptop-deck/29380/32 "2026-07-05T16:22:17Z")
The post I linked earlier has a ribbon cable or flexible PCB for connecting one of the USB ports under the keyboard to a physical USB port. You could probably use it or something similar, but I don’t know how they got the ribbon cable/flexible PCB. Here’s the link again in case I linked more than one thing: > [@Type C + "Free" Type A 2.0 Dual USB Expansion Card Concept](https://community.frame.work/t/type-c-free-type-a-2-0-dual-usb-expansion-card-concept/81437): > > tldr- I added a “free” USB Type A 2.0 port to my FW16 by breaking out one of the unused Input Module USB interfaces to a custom Expansion Card alongside a Type C. While making a FW16 custom touchpad, it occurred to me that there are five USB interfaces exposed on the Mid Plate pogo pins via an internal USB 2.0 hub, however only 3 of these (at most) may be used at any one time by the currently-available Input Modules (eg. LED Matrix + Keyboard + LED Matrix = 3). In a typical configuration, a cen… --- _[View the full topic](https://community.frame.work/t/mini-drawing-tablet-module-for-laptop-deck/29380)._