[Elecraft] [PX3] Keyboard, Mouse, Thumb Drive and Knob Support

[wickedbeernut]

> Exactly what I have been looking for and trying to design and build! I will
use 
> an Arduino Mega and a USB host shield to put this together!  Thanks for
> showing 
> the idea. Now, when Elecraft puts in the software, a portable KX3 will be
> more 
> useful since we can program all kinds of macros to be accessed from the 
> keyboard. Thanks!

You’re welcome, Bill.

I demonstrated keyboard and mouse support for the PX3 back in August, prior
to the time the PX3 added native keyboard and text message / macro support. 
I also demonstrated automatically callsign recognition using the following
regular expression,

	^([BFGIKMNTW]|[A-Z0-9]{2})[0-9][A-Z0-9]{0,3}[A-Z]$

Here is a whitepaper which describes this in more detail,

	http://wickedstone.com/KF5WBO/Mouse-n-ClickQSY.pdf

The whitepaper includes a sample of the PoC (Proof of Concept) Mouse-n-Click
QSY Arduino firmware.

Now, I use the native PX3 keyboard and text message / macro support, but
continue to rely on my Arduino for mouse and remote knob support,

	http://wickedstone.com/KF5WBO/PX3%20USB%20Knob.jpg

If we can convince Elecraft to add mouse / remote knob and USB hub support
(in addition to the planned thumb drive support), I hope to retire my
Arduino altogether and operate picnic table portable with only the PX3 and
KX3.

Joe Stone
KF5WBO



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