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Projects => Build Reports => Topic started by: Marshall Arts on August 29, 2019, 07:59:34 AM

Title: Convert a cheap Bluetooth Numeric Keypad into a Pageturn Stompbox
Post by: Marshall Arts on August 29, 2019, 07:59:34 AM
The topic says it all. This is (obviously) not to show off any special skills, I just wanted to quickly build something really cheap and did not want to pay 60 bucks or more on an Airturn or Blueturn. Here is how I did it, in case somebody is looking for something similar, this will save you a lot of time for reverse engineering the keypad logic...

Start with this keypad (only the packaging is left...):
(https://i.postimg.cc/B6rfWqQX/Verpackung.jpg)

Remove the keypad from the main PCB (you can slide it out or simply cut the transparent "cable")
(https://i.postimg.cc/nh38FKh8/IMG-20190825-120139.jpg)
(https://i.postimg.cc/6pWJxbwL/IMG-20190825-135038.jpg)

Cut off the plastic enclosure below the battery compartment (already glued in the enclosure and wired in the picture)
(https://i.postimg.cc/Mpk5MfgH/IMG-20190829-075431.jpg)

Solder wires to the PCB to the connections A3, A6, B5, B10, B15. I chose the following colours:
A3=White
A6=Brown
B5=Yellow
B10=Grey
B15=Orange

For the offboard wiring, the following connections send the corresponding keypress:

A6-B15="6/go right" (brown/orange in my build)
A6-B5="4/go left" (Brown/yellow in my build)
A3-B10="Bluetooth connect" (white/grey in my build)
A3-B5="Toogle Num Lock" (white/yellow in my build)

The last two are only needed to bind the pedal to a new tablet/notebook/mobile phone or to change to cursor mode, should the device ever come up with num-lock activated (it actually has not so far...)

The back lid allows for access to the batteries and the on/off switch:
(https://i.postimg.cc/gkL42HS1/IMG-20190829-075407.jpg)

The front side could not be more "Quick and Dirty DIY":
(https://i.postimg.cc/59RnJR3w/IMG-20190829-075353.jpg)
Title: Re: Convert a cheap Bluetooth Numeric Keypad into a Pageturn Stompbox
Post by: sjaustin on August 29, 2019, 11:40:47 AM
Cool project!
Title: Re: Convert a cheap Bluetooth Numeric Keypad into a Pageturn Stompbox
Post by: gordo on August 30, 2019, 12:54:06 AM
Ahhh, now how to fit it into the Eoo3...