1. USB C socket, ideally with full electrical protection (TVS diodes etc.)
2. Maximum number of GPIO pins broken out to allow a big key matrix (14 is enough for me, but it should be adaptable to drive full sized keyboards as well).
3. As thin as humanly possible so it fits under the Snap-Apart without raising the height more than necessary. Consider using a mid-board USB-C connector so the whole board is no thicker than the connector.
4. Five-volt USB broken out and one GPIO with a five-volt level shifter on-board to drive the NeoPixel chain.
5. (Would be neat, but not essential) Mounting holes that match the grid of the Snap-Apart so it can be stacked on the same mounting posts.
I'd also like to thank Adafruit for taking up my suggestion to stock relegendable keycaps and at a very reasonable price! Two further product suggestions:
1. A Snap-Apart on the same grid for socketed Choc (low profile) key switches (would not have NeoPixels).
2. A Snap-Apart on the same grid for rotary encoders with NeoPixels. Probably 1x6 would be the most anybody would want, but it would be good to be able to tile these on a mixed grid with mechanical keys.
- Test Build with Feather RP2040 (Too thick & NeoPixel drive to-do)
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