Recent posts got me thinking. Are you designing something with a bunch of buttons, each with a specific functionality? Or are you trying to do something more akin to a key pad? If you're using a standard key pad there are set-ups using resistors to create a narrow voltage range with the press of any individual key. That only requires one analog input to read any key press.

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