Ardakilic OP t1_iuh8xl5 wrote on October 31, 2022 at 9:33 AM

Reply to comment by Miguel7501 in Steam Deck Trackpad as QMK Input Device, has anyone tried? by Ardakilic

Thanks, glad to know this is made by cirque as well. Hopefully the implementation would be easy. If this part is widely available (and I'm sure it will, very soon) I'd love to have this on one of my custom boards.

Ardakilic OP t1_iuf1x7x wrote on October 30, 2022 at 8:56 PM

Reply to comment by darknessblades in Steam Deck Trackpad as QMK Input Device, has anyone tried? by Ardakilic

Cirque trackpad , which I believe is inside a Steam Controller, is supported. There are projects like this already.

I already hacked a Pro Micro (not enough pins, rewired the matrix, reused LED pins, and freed spi pins for the purpose) and added a pimoroni trackball to one of my keyboards, but I want to try and use a trackpad.

Ardakilic OP t1_iuez8qa wrote on October 30, 2022 at 8:38 PM

Reply to Steam Deck Trackpad as QMK Input Device, has anyone tried? by Ardakilic

Heya, I'm building my Horizon keyboard (choc), which I printed myself from factory, and just realized Steam Deck trackpad is a perfect candidate as a trackpad for its size.

Since it's already running with SteamOS, I believe Linux kernel drivers should be available, and soon we'll see a lot of replacement/spare parts, so I thought it'd be a great candidate to work with small keyboards.

So I was wondering if anyone around here is crazy enough to try Steam Deck's trackpad as a QMK input device. I believe they'll be sold at ifixit (and I'm sure at Chinese sites soon), so I believe it'd be easy to access as replacements, or as a working module, inside broken parts listing.

Thanks in advance!