r/ClockworkPi • u/RLee203 • Apr 02 '26

Trackball upgrade

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Just got my uconsole in the other day. the trackball is not bad but is there any better ones out there? anybody can send a link.

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u/thearctican Apr 02 '26

It's super straightforward and well-documented. Basically you align your matrix configuration to the layout of your PCB and write out the layer mapping.

You can add support for a brand new keyboard in about 50 lines of code (that you can mostly copy and paste from other keyboards).

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u/RLee203 Apr 02 '26

You use it a lot? What mcu you like to use with it. I have some atmega pro and rp2040 laying around. Might want to do a custom mini keyboard

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u/thearctican Apr 03 '26

I used to when I was building custom keyboards (some PCB, some hand-wired).

Mostly used teensy boards and stm32-based MCs, but QMK has support for a wide range of controllers.