macropad

My Adafruit Macropad setup. Written in CircuitPython. Clone and copy files to your CircuitPython drive.

Dependencies

Put these into lib/:

adafruit_display_shapes/
adafruit_display_text/
adafruit_hid/
adafruit_midi/
asyncio/
adafruit_debouncer.mpy
adafruit_macropad.mpy
adafruit_simple_text_display.mpy
adafruit_ticks.mpy
colorsys.mpy
neopixel.mpy

Features / apps

Switch individual apps by holding button #2 (top-right) and rotating the rotary encoder.

Desktop

Contains keyboard shortcuts, mostly for git workflows. Rotary encoder adjusts volume.

DaVinci Color

Used for color grading in DaVinci Resolve. Hold modifier keys (Lift / Gamma / Gain / Offset / Saturation) and rotate the rotary encoder. Hold down both a modifier and a color key to perform the adjustment on one color channel.

Note: There is no API to control DaVinci Resolve. To circumvent this, the macropad acts as an absolute mouse hid device and fakes mouse movement; to move individual sliders, this virtual cursor moves to their pre-computed position. This means that the functionality is dependent on:

• screen size (SCREEN in davinci.py)
• taskbar height (TASKBAR in davinci.py)
• the willingness of your OS to accept an absolute mouse hid device (tested on W11 only)

MIDI Tones

Play individual MIDI notes. Rotary encoder adjusts octave. Scales are always C-based; use software (such as midi-juggler) to transpose. Top-center button can be used to switch scales:

• harmonic major
• natural minor
• major/minor pentatonic
• major/minor blues hexatonic

MIDI Chords

Play MIDI chord triads. Rotary encoder adjusts octave.

Elite: Dangerous

Some useful keyboard shortcuts: FSD, FSS, Galaxy/system map, Ship lights/nightvision, Cold running, Cargo scoop, Landing gear