diff --git a/psychopy_bbtk/components/tpad.py b/psychopy_bbtk/components/tpad.py
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index 0000000..7391117
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+++ b/psychopy_bbtk/components/tpad.py
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+from psychopy.experiment import Param, getInitVals
+from psychopy.localization import _translate
+from psychopy.experiment.components.buttonBox import ButtonBoxBackend
+
+
+class TPadButtonBoxBackend(ButtonBoxBackend, key="tpad", label="BBTK TPad"):
+    """
+    Adds backend parameters for the BBTK TPad to the ButtonBoxComponent
+    """
+    def getParams(self):
+        """
+        Get parameters from this backend to add to each new instance of ButtonBoxComponent
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        dict[str:Param]
+            Dict of Param objects, which will be added to any Button Box Component's params, along with a dependency
+            to only show them when this backend is selected
+        list[str]
+            List of param names, defining the order in which params should appear
+        """
+        # define order
+        order = [
+            "serialPort",
+        ]
+        # define params
+        params = {}
+
+        def getPorts():
+            """
+            Get a list of ports which have TPad devices connected.
+            """
+            from psychopy_bbtk.tpad import TPad
+            ports = []
+            # iterate through available button boxes
+            for profile in TPad.getAvailableDevices():
+                # add this box's port
+                ports.append(
+                    profile['port']
+                )
+
+        params['serialPort'] = Param(
+            "", valType="str", inputType="choice", categ="Device",
+            allowedVals=getPorts,
+            label=_translate("COM port"),
+            hint=_translate(
+                "Serial port to connect to"
+            )
+        )
+
+        return params, order
+
+    def addRequirements(self):
+        """
+        Add any required module/package imports for this backend
+        """
+        self.exp.requireImport(
+            importName="tpad",
+            importFrom="psychopy_bbtk"
+        )
+
+    def writeInitCode(self, buff):
+        # get inits
+        inits = getInitVals(self.params)
+        # make Keyboard object
+        code = (
+            "%(name)s = tpad.TPadButtonGroup(\n"
+            "    %(serialPort)s,\n"
+            "    channels=%(nButtons)s\n"
+            ")\n"
+        )
+        buff.writeIndentedLines(code % inits)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9644eb6..6046d0b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -31,3 +31,6 @@ urls.repository = "https://github.com/psychopy/psychopy-bbtk"
 
 [tool.setuptools.packages.find]
 where = ["",]
+
+[project.entry-points."psychopy.experiment.components"]
+TPadButtonBoxBackend = "psychopy_bbtk.components.tpad:TPadButtonBoxBackend"
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