It depends how good you are with electronics. There’s not a lot of room in the wheel to hide extra stuff, and even if there was you still have to deal with twisting wires so it is easiest to hyjack control after the clock spring.
I have mine hooked up to an arduino, sending 5v across the two wires and measuring the voltage drop with a known resistor to tell what button is pressed. Mine still controls the factory radio too with a digital potentiometer, but to could skip that part. In my set up the buttons control the radio on a short press but a relay on long holds.
I have mine hooked up to an arduino, sending 5v across the two wires and measuring the voltage drop with a known resistor to tell what button is pressed. Mine still controls the factory radio too with a digital potentiometer, but to could skip that part. In my set up the buttons control the radio on a short press but a relay on long holds.