Getting started... Again?

Andy, you had mentioned....

The 7i73 matrix keyboard is not easy to use at the moment, but I am working on a HAL component. (It works great with the 7i73 already, but I decided to make it work with any hardware and it took a step backwards)

I would like to get going with the setup of the 7i73, my plan was to use this with an LCD or better yet an LED display (maybe have a PIC emulate an HD44780 controller) and if possible keyboard ( HALUI or userspace) if not I may just wire the "brains" of a USB keyboard to the keys I want to use for that...

I saw the thread 26138 and was wondering if there is anything newer or updated than whats in that post?

Also is everything I need already in LCNC after update to 2.5.2 or is there other files / firmware I need?

You can get OLED character displays that are compatible with the 7I73s LCD interface.
New Haven NHD-0420DZW-AG5 for example.

So I can use the 7i73 to send keystrokes to the OS as the matrix_kb.9.html suggests - is that correct?
A slower thread is mentioned - are we talking like ~200 millisecond range for the debounce?

Also (separate project at work) - does anyone know if the 7i77 can be changed / forced to output actual
PWM and DIR signals instead or besides the +/- 10V analog, maybe on the field I/O?

If not is there a circuit I could build that would convert the analog to appropriate signals?

If you have a 5I25 and want PWM output, a 7I77 will not work.
It is designed for analog outputs.

If you want PWM.Dir outputs, you will need to either use
the bare FPGA pins on the 5I25 or use a buffer card like the 7I85S