Aha! Yes!
Thanks! Speaking of illumination - What are the odds on user changeable LED's? RGB! I'd like nice bright greeeeeeen LED's under the KB...

I'm sure this will go nowhere.. But anyhow! Thanks!

I wonder if it's possible to change the LED!

Of course it's possible and as simple as it possibly gets to change the LEDs.
But maybe - just maybe - we can do a special build for you, swapping the white LEDs for green ones. You know we build to custom.

cheers
jOERG

Maaaaate! Seems like we could be friends!

Thanks! (and I probably will take you up on that offer!)

Then what about nice fancy multi-coloured keyboards?
I think I have seen such thing once upon a time ...

Double rainbow keyboard!

we only got 6 outputs on our LED controller, to control 6 kbd LEDs. And we can't really connect 3 of those LEDs in parallel or in series, doesn't work electrically. So, sorry, but that would mean severe additional cost on BOM and layout, and I doubt you want to pay for that.

[edit, answering next post] almost anticipated I've been too fuzzy: a RGB LED is basically 3 LEDs in one case, with 4 instead of 2 pins. We got:
a) SIX KBD-LEDs (all needed for light distribution)
b) SIX LED-controller outputs
6 RGB-LEDs would need 18 controller outputs which we don't have, we'd need TWO additional LP5523 to do this.
And then we have the problem of the RGB LEDs themselves: formfactor of those KBD-LEDs is 0402 (afaik), and we need to mount them sideways (to emit light direction kbd), which you can do with a two-pin 0402 but for sure not with a 4-pin (I guess there's no such thing like 4-pin 0402 at all), unless the RGB-LED component is made to shine sideways by default - and isn't larger than 0402 or whatever the current size of KBD-LED. So nope, we probably CANNOT do this.

/j

So, at the cost of not being able to control all 6 LEDs independently, it is possible to use RGB LEDs.

Daughter Boards/Breakout Boards:
Are you willing to make a simple breakout board to sell?

What I am thinking:

Ribbon cable to slide to under the battery to the expansion pins (Other Half type connection you mentioned), connect to a board which can sit on top of the battery with an ATMEGA chip with blank pin-out (through holes from ATMEGA) that we can solder whatever want onto?
Will need TTL serial.

Seems easy? Maybe?

I'm happy to design a 3D printable case to accommodate for the daughter board - Happy to print for people too!

I would like to control some hardware via the Neo900 - Will be fun and this seems like a cheaper and easier option than annoy you/devs about adding random chips.

I'd love some hardware expandability via an AT using the expansion port - Doesn't seem hard, considering how much work you have put into the Neo900 board - This is childs play for you guys!

Make us geeks happy! (happier??)

Edit: Not that I am ungreatful for the Neo900 - I just think having a never ending hardware addon board!! YEAH!!
I would like to add some 433Mhz componets and control my light switches/power points.

Edit: A similar hardware combination already exists which I use regularly - NinjaBlock.
A8 Chip with an Arduino on top.

http://ninjablocks.com/collections/a...aglebone-black

I really think the idea/add-on would be GREAT!
Infinite expansion

I already planned to do something similar to this FPC (aka "ribbon cable") eventually. It didn't occur to me to put a chip (ATmega) on it. Sounds like a nice idea, yes.

Thanks!
/j

Keyboard domesheet is far from air-tight, and there is already quite a much air between bendable metal plates (used to "press" key) and contact pads on motherboard. This doesn't sounds like valid concern for me. I also think, that people afraid to disassembly N900 wouldn't be purchasing board-only, aiming at fully assembled unit, instead (which means sourcing domesheets by Neo900 folks, anyway).

/Estel