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Originally Posted by Nick Morris
Who cares about price. I want smart LCD switches that display the name of the function
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I thought about doing a hardware controller about a year ago, and while I agree with your basic point, I think there is a better way.
If you look at any reasonably modern large format console, there are a tremendous number of visual cues to keep everything ergonomic.
One standout is the color coding on the top of the rotaries.
I was thinking about a way to accomplish this on a surface while retaining flexibility and came up with the following -- Assignable Rotaries with an OLED insert on the top, it could be set to a pure color, could have text embedded, etc.
Same for scribble strips, etc., OLEDs give you a lot more bang for the buck and the small ones are very inexpensive.
The trick is to find a reasonable way to provide screen driver hardware that interfaces easily with both the OLEDs and the software.
Edit: In the end I went with an MCU, Extender, and a C4 (they were blowing them out at $400 last year) and coded the software to that combo.