Once you've installed the latest version of CircuitPython onto your board, you'll need to grab the code, libraries and any assets included with the project.
Click the download project bundle button below to get the code, libraries and assets all in one!
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Ruiz Bros for Adafruit Industries
# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
import time
import digitalio
import board
import usb_hid
from adafruit_hid.keyboard import Keyboard
from adafruit_hid.keycode import Keycode
# The button pins we'll use, each will have an internal pullup
buttonpins = [board.D0]
# The keycode sent for each button, will be paired with a control key
buttonkeys = [
Keycode.SPACE # Space
]
keyboard = Keyboard(usb_hid.devices)
# our array of button objects
buttons = []
# make all pin objects, make them inputs w/pullups
for pin in buttonpins:
button = digitalio.DigitalInOut(pin)
button.direction = digitalio.Direction.INPUT
button.pull = digitalio.Pull.UP
buttons.append(button)
print("Waiting for button presses")
while True:
# check each button
for button in buttons:
if not button.value: # pressed?
i = buttons.index(button)
print("Button #%d Pressed" % i)
while not button.value:
pass # wait for it to be released!
# type the keycode!
k = buttonkeys[i] # get the corresp. keycode
keyboard.press(k)
keyboard.release_all()
time.sleep(0.01)
Upload Code, Libraries and Assets
Unzip the project bundle and upload the files to the CIRCUITPY drive.
Your CIRCUITPY drive should look like this after you've uploaded the code, libraries and assets.
List of USB HID Keycodes
The long list of available keyboard characters are listed in the webpage linked below. Most of the characters are for USA keyboard only. Function keys and modifiers can be used but only some special characters are not supported.
