XMT: eXtended Mobile Platform.

Alternate definition: An abbreviation for radio transmit.

• The XMT platform's design goal is to extend a keyboard and mouse input to a mobile device without a physical keyboard or mouse.

• A secondary goal is to allow use of the device with gloves, allowing the device to be used in extreme conditions. One use case scenario I designed the hardware for is logging into communication backhauls on a tower in subzero temperatures.

How it works

The platform is built on top of debian-xfce and i3wm. The project primarily consists of custom i3 configs and gpio scripts that are mapped to specific mod keys in i3wm. Tiling window managers work really well on a touchscreen provided you have an onscreen keyboard. Combine this with physical mod buttons (like a gamepad) it is very usable.

Modes of operation

Because this device will be used for multiple purposes including gaming the interface will use profiles to manage different key maps.

Mobile mode

Desktop mode

This will remap to a more generic i3 config