CirctuiPython Library for the Pimoroni Qw/ST Pad

This is a CircuitPython library for the Pimoroni Qw/ST Pad.

Installation

# Using uv
uv add circuitpython-qwstpad

# Using pip
pip install circuitpython-qwstpad

# Using pipkin
pipkin install circuitpython-qwstpad

Basic Example

import board

from circuitpython_qwstpad import qwstpad

i2c = board.I2C()
pad = qwstpad.get_qwstpad(i2c)
pad.led_1 = True

print(f"Button A pressed? {pad.button_a}")

Using as a USB keyboard Game Controller

You can make the pico emulate a USB keyboard, using the Qw/ST pad as an input. This works with games and systems like the PICO-8.

To enable this you need to edit boot.py and code.py.

First enable USB HID in boot.py:

import usb_hid

usb_hid.enable((usb_hid.Device.KEYBOARD,))

Then set up the Qw/ST pad in code.py:

from circuitpython_qwstpad import usb_keyboard

usb_keyboard.main(usb_keyboard.PICO_8_PLAYER_1)

This will configure the gamepad to act as a PICO-8 controller.