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I have recently decided to create a small Macro board with an old external num pad, could someone point me in the right direction of some software to use? 

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2 minutes ago, xLampy said:

I have recently decided to create a small Macro board with an old external num pad, could someone point me in the right direction of some software to use? 

Do you have an existing numpad on your keyboard whose functions as 'just numbers' you want to preserve, or are you okay with the macros taking over the functionality of the numbers on the numpad?

"We're all in this together, might as well be friends" Tom, Toonami.

 

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Just now, minibois said:

Do you have an existing numpad on your keyboard whose functions as 'just numbers' you want to preserve, or are you okay with the macros taking over the functionality of the numbers on the numpad?

I would like to keep the numpad on my keyboard as numbers and have the external one as a separate entity 

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16 minutes ago, xLampy said:

I would like to keep the numpad on my keyboard as numbers and have the external one as a separate entity 

In terms of free software, Interception is recommend (although it could be somewhat of a hassle to setup/maintain)

In terms of a physical (thus paid) physical peripheral, the HASU USB converter is recommend.

 

https://github.com/TaranVH/2nd-keyboard

 

"We're all in this together, might as well be friends" Tom, Toonami.

 

mini eLiXiVy: my open source 65% mechanical PCB, a build log, PCB anatomy and discussing open source licenses: https://linustechtips.com/topic/1366493-elixivy-a-65-mechanical-keyboard-build-log-pcb-anatomy-and-how-i-open-sourced-this-project/

 

mini_cardboard: a 4% keyboard build log and how keyboards work: https://linustechtips.com/topic/1328547-mini_cardboard-a-4-keyboard-build-log-and-how-keyboards-work/

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35 minutes ago, minibois said:

In terms of free software, Interception is recommend (although it could be somewhat of a hassle to setup/maintain)

In terms of a physical (thus paid) physical peripheral, the HASU USB converter is recommend.

 

https://github.com/TaranVH/2nd-keyboard

 

Sure, I’ll check it out, I’ll definitely be using a secondary keyboard in the long term so it might be a good solution

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Arduino pro micro and the keyboard library would do it. Are you trying to make your own PCB? If you don't want to do it in hardware, you could probably find/write your own software to create macros in software.

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