ibookintosh hardware

In which I give a more detailed overview of the iBookintosh controller board.
- Raspberry Pi Pico
- MCP23017 GPIO Extender (16 pins)
- TPS65 Trackpad
- 40-pin Dual-inline keyboard connector
#pico #raspberrypi #hackintosh #macbook #ibooks #maker

[@RobertsRetro]

This is awesome! Will you eventually make a custom PCB with the keyboard and trackpad connections on a single board? Looking forward to the next update!

[@drfrancintosh]

Yes, I haven't built a PCB before so it will be more new ground to cover. Thanks for your comments!

[@the_hetman]

Does the keyboard have protection diodes, so that when you press 2 keys on the same row, you don’t cause contention between 2 columns, one that is being driven high and one that is low?
It looks like a really nice project and I look forward to how it turns out.

[@drfrancintosh]

Not yet. I'm thinking I can use tri-state logic to prevent it. And with matrix keyboards ghosting is inevitable.