| .. _gpio-kbd: |
| |
| GPIO Keyboard Matrix |
| #################### |
| |
| The :dtcompatible:`gpio-kbd-matrix` driver supports a large variety of keyboard |
| matrix hardware configurations and has numerous options to change its behavior. |
| This is an overview of some common setups and how they can be supported by the |
| driver. |
| |
| The conventional configuration for all of these is that the driver reads on the |
| row GPIOs (inputs) and selects on the columns GPIOs (output). |
| |
| Base use case, no isolation diodes, interrupt capable GPIOs |
| *********************************************************** |
| |
| This is the common configuration found on consumer keyboards with membrane |
| switches and flexible circuit boards, no isolation diodes, requires ghosting |
| detection (which is enabled by default). |
| |
| .. figure:: no-diodes.svg |
| :align: center |
| :width: 50% |
| |
| A 3x3 matrix, no diodes |
| |
| The system must support GPIO interrupts, and the interrupt can be enabled on all |
| row GPIOs at the same time. |
| |
| .. code-block:: devicetree |
| |
| kbd-matrix { |
| compatible = "gpio-kbd-matrix"; |
| row-gpios = <&gpio0 0 (GPIO_PULL_UP | GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW)>, |
| <&gpio0 1 (GPIO_PULL_UP | GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW)>, |
| <&gpio0 2 (GPIO_PULL_UP | GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW)>; |
| col-gpios = <&gpio0 3 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>, |
| <&gpio0 4 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>, |
| <&gpio0 5 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>; |
| }; |
| |
| In this configuration the matrix scanning library enters idle mode once all |
| keys are released, and the keyboard matrix thread only wakes up when a key has |
| been pressed. |
| |
| GPIOs for columns that are not currently selected are configured in high |
| impedance mode. This means that the row state may need some time to settle to |
| avoid misreading the key state from a column to the following one. The settle |
| time can be tweaked by changing the ``settle-time-us`` property. |
| |
| Isolation diodes |
| **************** |
| |
| If the matrix has isolation diodes for every key, then it's possible to: |
| |
| - disable ghosting detection, allowing any key combination to be detected |
| - configuring the driver to drive unselected columns GPIO to inactive state |
| rather than high impedance, this allows to reduce the settle time |
| (potentially down to 0), and use the more efficient port wide GPIO read APIs |
| (happens automatically if the GPIO pins are sequential) |
| |
| Matrixes with diodes going from rows to columns must use pull-ups on rows and |
| active low columns. |
| |
| .. figure:: diodes-rc.svg |
| :align: center |
| :width: 50% |
| |
| A 3x3 matrix with row to column isolation diodes. |
| |
| .. code-block:: devicetree |
| |
| kbd-matrix { |
| compatible = "gpio-kbd-matrix"; |
| row-gpios = <&gpio0 0 (GPIO_PULL_UP | GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW)>, |
| <&gpio0 1 (GPIO_PULL_UP | GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW)>, |
| <&gpio0 2 (GPIO_PULL_UP | GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW)>; |
| col-gpios = <&gpio0 3 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>, |
| <&gpio0 4 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>, |
| <&gpio0 5 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>; |
| col-drive-inactive; |
| settle-time-us = <0>; |
| no-ghostkey-check; |
| }; |
| |
| Matrixes with diodes going from columns to rows must use pull-downs on rows and |
| active high columns. |
| |
| .. figure:: diodes-cr.svg |
| :align: center |
| :width: 50% |
| |
| A 3x3 matrix with column to row isolation diodes. |
| |
| .. code-block:: devicetree |
| |
| kbd-matrix { |
| compatible = "gpio-kbd-matrix"; |
| row-gpios = <&gpio0 0 (GPIO_PULL_DOWN | GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH)>, |
| <&gpio0 1 (GPIO_PULL_DOWN | GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH)>, |
| <&gpio0 2 (GPIO_PULL_DOWN | GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH)>; |
| col-gpios = <&gpio0 3 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>, |
| <&gpio0 4 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>, |
| <&gpio0 5 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>; |
| col-drive-inactive; |
| settle-time-us = <0>; |
| no-ghostkey-check; |
| }; |
| |
| GPIO with no interrupt support |
| ****************************** |
| |
| Some GPIO controllers have limitations on GPIO interrupts, and may not support |
| enabling interrupts on all row GPIOs at the same time. |
| |
| In this case, the driver can be configured to not use interrupt at all, and |
| instead idle by selecting all columns and keep polling on the row GPIOs, which |
| is a single GPIO API operation if the pins are sequential. |
| |
| This configuration can be enabled by setting the ``idle-mode`` property to |
| ``poll``: |
| |
| .. code-block:: devicetree |
| |
| kbd-matrix { |
| compatible = "gpio-kbd-matrix"; |
| ... |
| idle-mode = "poll"; |
| }; |
| |
| GPIO multiplexer |
| **************** |
| |
| In more extreme cases, such as if the columns are using a multiplexer and it's |
| impossible to select all of them at the same time, the driver can be configured |
| to scan continuously. |
| |
| This can be done by setting ``idle-mode`` to ``scan`` and ``poll-timeout-ms`` |
| to ``0``. |
| |
| .. code-block:: devicetree |
| |
| kbd-matrix { |
| compatible = "gpio-kbd-matrix"; |
| ... |
| poll-timeout-ms = <0>; |
| idle-mode = "scan"; |
| }; |
| |
| Row and column GPIO selection |
| ***************************** |
| |
| If the row GPIOs are sequential and on the same gpio controller, the driver |
| automatically switches API to read from the whole GPIO port rather than the |
| individual pins. This is particularly useful if the GPIOs are not memory |
| mapped, for example on an I2C or SPI port expander, as this significantly |
| reduces the number of transactions on the corresponding bus. |
| |
| The same is true for column GPIOs, but only if the matrix is configured for |
| ``col-drive-inactive``, so that is only usable for matrixes with isolation |
| diodes. |
| |
| 16-bit row support |
| ****************** |
| |
| The driver uses an 8-bit datatype to store the row state by default, which |
| limits the matrix row size to 8. This can be increased to 16 by enabling the |
| :kconfig:option:`CONFIG_INPUT_KBD_MATRIX_16_BIT_ROW` option. |
| |
| Actual key mask configuration |
| ***************************** |
| |
| If the key matrix is not complete, a map of the keys that are actually |
| populated can be specified using the `actual-key-mask` property. This allows |
| the matrix state to be filtered to remove keys that are not present before |
| ghosting detection, potentially allowing key combinations that would otherwise |
| be blocked by it. |
| |
| For example for a 3x3 matrix missing a key: |
| |
| .. figure:: no-sw4.svg |
| :align: center |
| :width: 50% |
| |
| A 3x3 matrix missing a key. |
| |
| .. code-block:: devicetree |
| |
| kbd-matrix { |
| compatible = "gpio-kbd-matrix"; |
| ... |
| actual-key-mask = <0x07 0x05 0x07>; |
| }; |
| |
| This would allow, for example, to detect pressing ``Sw1``, ``SW2`` and ``SW4`` |
| at the same time without triggering anti ghosting. |
| |
| The actual key mask can be changed at runtime by enabling |
| :kconfig:option:`CONFIG_INPUT_KBD_ACTUAL_KEY_MASK_DYNAMIC` and the using the |
| :c:func:`input_kbd_matrix_actual_key_mask_set` API. |
| |
| Keymap configuration |
| ******************** |
| |
| Keyboard matrix devices report a series of x/y/touch events. These can be |
| mapped to normal key events using the :dtcompatible:`input-keymap` driver. |
| |
| For example, the following would setup a ``keymap`` device that take the |
| x/y/touch events as an input and generate corresponding key events as an |
| output: |
| |
| .. code-block:: devicetree |
| |
| kbd { |
| ... |
| keymap { |
| compatible = "input-keymap"; |
| keymap = < |
| MATRIX_KEY(0, 0, INPUT_KEY_1) |
| MATRIX_KEY(0, 1, INPUT_KEY_2) |
| MATRIX_KEY(0, 2, INPUT_KEY_3) |
| MATRIX_KEY(1, 0, INPUT_KEY_4) |
| MATRIX_KEY(1, 1, INPUT_KEY_5) |
| MATRIX_KEY(1, 2, INPUT_KEY_6) |
| MATRIX_KEY(2, 0, INPUT_KEY_7) |
| MATRIX_KEY(2, 1, INPUT_KEY_8) |
| MATRIX_KEY(2, 2, INPUT_KEY_9) |
| >; |
| row-size = <3>; |
| col-size = <3>; |
| }; |
| }; |
| |
| Keyboard matrix shell commands |
| ****************************** |
| |
| The shell command ``kbd_matrix_state_dump`` can be used to test the |
| functionality of any keyboard matrix driver implemented using the keyboard |
| matrix library. Once enabled it logs the state of the matrix every time it |
| changes, and once disabled it prints an or-mask of any key that has been |
| detected, which can be used to set the ``actual-key-mask`` property. |
| |
| The command can be enabled using the |
| :kconfig:option:`CONFIG_INPUT_SHELL_KBD_MATRIX_STATE`. |
| |
| Example usage: |
| |
| .. code-block:: console |
| |
| uart:~$ device list |
| devices: |
| - kbd-matrix (READY) |
| uart:~$ input kbd_matrix_state_dump kbd-matrix |
| Keyboard state logging enabled for kbd-matrix |
| [00:01:41.678,466] <inf> input: kbd-matrix state [01 -- -- --] (1) |
| [00:01:41.784,912] <inf> input: kbd-matrix state [-- -- -- --] (0) |
| ... |
| press more buttons |
| ... |
| uart:~$ input kbd_matrix_state_dump off |
| Keyboard state logging disabled |
| [00:01:47.967,651] <inf> input: kbd-matrix key-mask [07 05 07 --] (8) |
| |
| Keyboard matrix library |
| *********************** |
| |
| The GPIO keyboard matrix driver is based on a generic keyboard matrix library, |
| which implements the core functionalities such as scanning delays, debouncing, |
| idle mode etc. This can be reused to implement other keyboard matrix drivers, |
| potentially application specific. |
| |
| .. doxygengroup:: input_kbd_matrix |