FlipBoard

The FlipBoard is an MacroPad from MakeItHackin with software from @CodeAllNight (https://youtube.com/@MrDerekJamison). It connects to the Flipper Zero's GPIO pins and is a 4 button keypad with addressable LEDs. You can purchase it on tindie or Etsy.

This tutorial is a guide to controlling the FlipBoard using JavaScript on Flipper Zero. This video also describes the process.

Requirements

Flipper Zero
FlipBoard
Latest custom firmware for Flipper Zero (requires dev branch for most firmware, due to JavaScript being so new for the Flipper Zero).

Software Installation

Load qFlipper.
Click the File Manager tab.
Navigate to SD Card/apps/Scripts folder.
Right click and choose New Folder and name it flipboard.
Navigate into the flipboard folder.
Copy the files from the sub folder into the SD Card/subghz folder; or capture your own Sub-GHz signals and save them as Light_on.sub and Light_off.sub. Alternately, you can edit the subghz_fb.js file to use different signals.
Copy all of the files from the scripts into the flipboard folder.
Navigate to the SD Card/apps_data/js_app/plugins folder.
Copy the files from the fal folder that matches your firmware (for example if you are on Momentum dev branch from mid-April mntm-dev-2024-04-19-a2fc553) into the plugins folder.

Running the Software

Connect the FlipBoard to the Flipper Zero.
On the Flipper, press OK to open the main menu.
Select Apps, Scripts, flipboard then a_runner.js and press OK.
Select the flipboard script (ends with fb.js) that you want to run.
Press buttons on your FlipBoard to interact with the script.

Building on custom firmware

The steps above in Software Installation have you overlay the fal files on top of your existing firmware. If you want to build the fal files into your firmware, you can follow these steps instead.

Clone your firmware. The following wiki describes the process.

Copy the files from the modules folder into the applications\system\js_app\modules folder of your custom firmware source code.

Edit your applications\system\js_app\application.fam file to include the following:

App(
    appid="js_rgbleds",
    apptype=FlipperAppType.PLUGIN,
    entry_point="js_rgbleds_ep",
    requires=["js_app"],
    sources=["modules/js_rgbleds/*.c"],
)

App(
    appid="js_infrared",
    apptype=FlipperAppType.PLUGIN,
    entry_point="js_infrared_ep",
    requires=["js_app"],
    sources=["modules/js_infrared.c"],
)

App(
    appid="js_speaker",
    apptype=FlipperAppType.PLUGIN,
    entry_point="js_speaker_ep",
    requires=["js_app"],
    sources=["modules/js_speaker.c"],
)

Rebuild your firmware and flash it to your Flipper Zero. NOTE: In some cases, you may be able to rebuild just the FAL modules by first opening the applications\system\js_app\js_app.c file and then choosing Terminal, Run Task..., [Release] Launch app on Flipper.

Support

If you have any questions, please ask in my Flipper Zero Discord server. There are also giveaways and other fun things happening there.

Support my work:

Option 1. Like, Subscribe and click the Bell (to get notified)
Option 2. https://ko-fi.com/codeallnight (donate $3 via PayPal or Venmo)
Option 3. Click the "Thanks" button on YouTube.
Option 4. Purchase a FlipBoard (I get a portion of the sale).

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