trackball_module VS sofle-keyboard-pimoroni

alternatively, Ploopy Nano (no buttons) or Meishi Trackball

I really like the trackball module by aki27.

I’m afraid I’m not able to give the best advice on the trackball, since I don’t have it working yet. But this is the guide I followed so far, I hope it helps! https://github.com/foureight84/sofle-keyboard-pimoroni

I'm looking at building a low profile sofle with a pimoroni trackball. It's a combination of https://github.com/foureight84/sofle-keyboard-pimoroni and https://choc.brianlow.com/

Building on foureight84's Pimoroni mod, I managed to achieve everything I wanted in a split olkb.

i haven't tried it yet but here's a guide for the sofle: https://github.com/foureight84/sofle-keyboard-pimoroni

This is my second Sofle keyboard. I really love the first one I built and integrated a Pimoroni trackball. I've documented the process here: https://github.com/foureight84/sofle-keyboard-pimoroni in case anyone is wondering.

My guess is that you'll need rotary encoder support at the slot you want to use. Here's an example of someone doing this on a Sofle: https://github.com/foureight84/sofle-keyboard-pimoroni

Yep! It's RGB, I use it to point and click. That's about all there is to it! Haha. It's a little gimmicky but I think it's fun to use. Build guide created by another redditor, here

It wasn't too bad. I tried to follow the guide that u/foureight84 put together. It didn't exactly work for me but it got me 90% of the way there. I was able to debug the rest on my own, although the trackball only works when it's plugged into the master side. My modified code here.