Advanced Macro Keyboard

To improve interacting with computers and dealing with computer shortcuts easier, I have built an advanced custom macropad with one joystick, 2 mouse scroll rotary encoders, 2 permanent buttons, 1 mode switch buttons, and a matrix of 16 buttons (4 of which are breakout buttons - ie for foot pedals), 1 master switch and a reset button.

I used mouse scroll rotary encoders instead of the ones typically used in macropads as they are smaller and allowed me to implement a scroll wheel in the horizontal direction. Cherry MX brown switches were used for 15* the buttons. That is 12 + 2 + 1. Great switches - I highly recommend them.

As for the code and functionality, the macropad has up to 12 pages of functions and includes functions and/or libraries that I have created for automatically inputting Unicode via "unicodeinput.exe" and automatically drawing shapes with the cursor on the press of a button.

The 12 pages include:

• Special Characters for German, Spanish, Polish and French.äöüß ñ¿¡áéíóúü ąęłńżźśćó çœàâéêîïùûèë.
• Mathematical signs and symbols such as ±∞√∝∑∫∮∗⨯∇∂≡≈π°∥⟂∀∴Δδ∠.
• Controlling video games with multiple button presses. WASD joystick, scrolling to look around, and macro keys that can auto-click weapons at high speeds.
• Automatically opening apps and websites with one button.
• A Joystick mouse with 2 axis scrolling and macros such as triple click and buttons to accurately control cursor and scrolling.
• Multimedia Control with Volume and Brightness control via buttons and rotary encoders, buttons for Play/Pause, Mute, and joystick to rewind/fast forward video.
• Generic controls such as Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V as well as Ctrl+W and Ctrl+Shift+T for opening and closing tabs in google chrome.

Joystick and Rotary Encoder Functions:

joystick menu

1 - mouse

2 - wasd

3 - arrow

4 - 2D scroll

5 - Zoom and undo/redo

6 - Window arrows

7 - Home Del PgDown End (Space Engineers x- and y-axis block rotation)

rotary encoder menu

1 - vertical scroll

2 - horizontal scroll

3 - video forward/rewind

4 - zoom in/out

5 - undo/redo

6 - mouse left right

7 - mouse up down

8 - volume

9 - brightness

10 - Insert- PageUp (Space Engineers z-axis block rotation)

11 - Q - E (Space Engineers Jetpack player rotation)

As for the break-out keys, they can be controlled by a set of foot pedals or even ear movement control glasses giving a wide range of accessibility features.