@whitequark I think you're tinkering in the FPGA space. I just had a random idea—what if instead of doing a keyboard matrix I wire every button to an FPGA instead so that I have a dedicated pin per button. It doesn't seem too insane on paper, and I wonder what's the current best deal to get into FPGAs again. I have a breadboard with a spartan 6, but they didn't route enough pins out for a keyboard project. What's the best deal with FPGAs nowadays? I can theoretically solder a BGA in, but a QFP would be way easier. It seems that AMD bought Xilinx while I wasn't looking and I have no idea on where we stand now in re. accessibility of the software to author HDL.
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@farcaller that escalated quickly!
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@labria yeah, you know, one weekend you study the keyswitches and the next one you're out shopping for a small oven for a soldering project because your spouse won't allow you to use the kitchen one. Business as usual.
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@farcaller I ended up joining @tog
I use it mostly for light socialising for me and my youngest one, but at least now I have access to a butane smelting oven (and a bunch of other fun stuff) so I stopped planning to build one in the backyard ;)
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