reflash 7i73 for different i/o?

Is it possible to reflash the 7i73 for more outputs?
or is it possible to add a keyboard component to another more general SmartSerial board?

I have a project that has a 37 key keyboard, a MPG , 10 inputs,and needs 22 outputs for LED status.

hmm maybe I could rewire the LEDs in a matrix to save on outputs - I saw something on the net about that...
It would also require some HAL magic to light the right LEDs. I wonder if it would flicker too much at the servo rate.
A conversion in FPGA hardware would be nicer.

Chris M

If you have a 1 KHz servo thread, a 4x1 mux for the LEDs would still run at 250Hz so would have minimal flicker

You can use the matrix component to scan a KB matrix on any hardware (even parallel ports)
so a general (say 7I84) sserial remote could use this to scan a KB matrix

Another possibility is a 7I90HD in ssremote mode. This gives you a sserial remote device with
72 I/O bits for any use (KB,LEDs software MPG etc)

I had assumed that scanning in hardware would get better response but then maybe software scanning is fast enough.
I didn't realize the 7i90hd could be a sserial device -very nice.

Thanks Peter