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💡 Solder & Code: Make a 3-Button Keyboard with a Pi Pico

September 13 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am

In this workshop you’ll build and program a customizable 3-button USB keyboard using a Pi Pico microcontroller. You can program each button to type a chunk of text (e.g., your email signature), enter a keyboard shortcut, or launch an application. It’s easier than it sounds!

Here’s what we’ll do:

• Solder three push button switches onto your Pi Pico
• Install CircuitPython firmware
• Install Adafruit HID libraries
• Copy example code to your Pi Pico
• Adjust the example code to make your own custom keyboard

We’ll have a limited number of computers to share, so bring a laptop (Windows/macOS/Linux) if you can.

You’ll need to buy a Pi Pico Push Button Interface Kit for $9.75 to complete this project. We’re recommending a $5–$25 donation for the class (notaflof).

Photo of a Pi Pico microcontroller with three sets of black and white wires soldered to the pin holes. The wires connect to push button switches in the top of a cardboard box.

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Package label with photos of 3 push button switches, the Iffy Books logo, and the following text: Pi Pico Push Button Interface Kit • Raspberry Pi Pico clone board • micro USB cable • 3 momentary push button switches • golf pencil (to poke holes for switches) • cardboard box $ 9.75

 

Details

Date:
September 13
Time:
10:00 am - 11:30 am
Series:

Venue

Iffy Books
404 S. 20th St.
Philadelphia, 19146 United States
Phone
2153953956
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Organizer

Iffy Books
Phone
2153953956
Email
iffybooks@iffybooks.net