dduckert has added a new project titled Op Amp Logic.sanfordjd liked Scorpion - Dual Rotor Heli.Mark B Jones has updated the log for "Mercator Origins": Sat Nav & Telemetry for Divers.Dave Walker on Hoverboard Rides On Eddy Currents.A on ChatGPT Rules The World… Or, At Least, The Home.Upgrade pi-top on Hoverboard Rides On Eddy Currents.daveboltman on Hoverboard Rides On Eddy Currents.come2 on Hoverboard Rides On Eddy Currents.Ostracus on ChatGPT Rules The World… Or, At Least, The Home.Jon Williams on Watch A Web Page Fetch Itself Over TLS, Complete With Commentary.Ostracus on Hoverboard Rides On Eddy Currents.Wasn’t paying attention fully to the video but it seemed like they were using an entirely resistor ladder analogue key matrix? If so I really don’t understand why. Not sure what the side loading would do to a cherry style switch over time, its really not what they are designed for but equally the forces should stay low for comfort and they are in many ways massively over engineered so I don’t think it would be an issue. I do wonder if the better option here though isn’t to have the whole keyboard section play mouse but just a section of it – make the base grippy and static and treat a cluster of keys that are free to move (or even very well locked in place by some load cells) as a joystick mouse. Or actually go one step further and really tilt the keyboard halves near vertical so the side of the keyboard as it stands is the mouse surface and the thumb can wrap around the keyboard for grip in mouse mode… I think it needs one of those wrist cup type rests that some more tilted off the desk split keyboards have – this is never going to be a finger tip twitching ultra light fine precision gamer mouse so just coupling the mouse movement more directly to the wrist and base of the hand ‘captured’ in the shaped rest would I think improve comfort – the fingers are not trying to hold it with nothing to actually really grip. Interesting idea, clearly needs some revisions but the concept seems like it should be possible to make practical. Posted in Peripherals Hacks Tagged 3d printer, arduino, cad, design, keyboard, mouse, split, wireless Post navigation For other unique mechanical keyboard concepts, we recently featured this build which takes design and functionality cues from the Commodore 64. While there were some problems with the design, including being slightly too tall to be ergonomic and taking nearly 24 hours of soldering to complete, the prototype device is an interesting one especially since it allows for full control of a computer without needing a dedicated mouse. It also includes support for most Mac gestures as well, making it just as useful as a trackpad. When activated, this allows the keyboard to be used as a mouse directly. The right-hand half of the keyboard also includes the circuitry from an optical mouse, which gets powered up when the caps lock button is held down. The keyboard is a custom build from which uses a pair of Arduinos, one in each half of the keyboard, to communicate key and mouse information to a third Arduino which is plugged in to her laptop. So when something as unique as this split keyboard that also doubles as a mouse pops up, we take notice. With so many dedicated participants, most things that can be done with a keyboard already have been done. The mechanical keyboard community is a vibrant, if not fanatical, group of enthusiasts determined to find as many possible ways of assembling, building, and using as many high-quality keyboards as possible.
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