So many buttons so little IO. When you want to drive a large number of LEDs or read buttons the obvious choice is multiplexing them. But there is a method called charlieplexing that lets you use even more LEDs and buttons with even less IO pins. Clem wants to interface a large amount of buttons and LEDs with a microcontroller but has a limited number of pins. He's also trying to save money on parts. Could you just replace expensive signal diodes with cheap LEDs? Could you use the same pins to read buttons and drive LEDs in the same matrix? Could you also achieve true n-key rollover without having a diode on every single button? How hard can it be?
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