[Feature] Add duplex matrix support

adamws / kicad-kbplacer

KiCad plugin for automatic keyboard's key placement and routing

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[Feature] Add duplex matrix support #34

Closed newsve closed 4 weeks ago

newsve commented 2 months ago

Which basically means that diodes' direction need be switched for every other column, this is great for low-count-GPIO-MCUs, e.g. the CH552, check out more about the duplex matrix here:

In the context of the FAK firmware: https://github.com/semickolon/fak?tab=readme-ov-file#duplex-matrix-support
Deep dive into the actual matrix design: https://kbd.news/The-Japanese-duplex-matrix-1391.html

adamws commented 1 month ago

Added Automatically adjust orientation option to diode settings which should cover most Japanese duplex matrix scenarios: https://github.com/adamws/kicad-kbplacer/tree/master?tab=readme-ov-file#diode-automatic-orientation-adjustment

newsve commented 4 weeks ago

You are amazing, thanks so much! Shall we close this issue then?