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I have the feeling there are now automated ways to post spam in unmoderated Yahoo news groups and that spam is going to increase dramatically. This will annoy...
John McKown
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Oct 30, 2004
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Heya does anyone have the trace layout (pcb pattern) for the most resent code release? I've got all the parts I am just in need of a board now....
jaden_bane
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Dec 6, 2004
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As far as I know there isn't such a board. I never got around to it and I expect nobody else did either. What I did is use the old board gluing parts and...
John McKown
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Dec 6, 2004
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I've been fooling around with the open source program "pcb" under Linux and have layed out a board for the latest keyboard+mouse design as found in the current...
John McKown
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Dec 8, 2004
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Drat. Yahoo messed with my formatting. I'll put it in the files section of the newsgroup: chords_X0.txt...
John McKown
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Jan 5, 2005
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A friend recently mentioned to me the danger he perceived of typing commands instead of text while experimenting with a chordite-style keyboard. There is...
John McKown
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Feb 20, 2005
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I'm new to this group, and haven't had time yet to read all the past posts, so if this question has already been answered please just point me to the relevant...
rallen71366
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May 31, 2005
6:37 pm
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Hi Russell, You can combine Seppo Tiainen's PIC design "GKOS" with the chordite key platform --- see gkos.net and gkos.com. As for keyboards on the gear shift...
John McKown
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May 31, 2005
7:01 pm
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... Good point! :) Reformating is BAD! Russell...
rallen71366
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Jun 9, 2005
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I've just done a first trial run at custom fit "grip frame" that could substitute for the kingpost style frame that appears to be the current dominant chordite...
kl0ap
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Jun 10, 2005
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That's brilliant, John! Other than the procedure you describe I'm slightly stuck on how to fabricate the back brace and get your hand back out. I've been ...
John McKown
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Jun 10, 2005
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I've recently been playing a lot of WarioWare Twisted! for the GBA. It uses a gyro sensor for controlling dozens of minigames. Here is a video I made(with...
jtokash
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Jun 28, 2005
11:32 pm
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Very cool. This makes me think of one of my dimmer ideas; the self-illuminating flag. Woven into the flag's fabric are long cylindrical piezoelectric threads....
John McKown
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Jun 29, 2005
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One way to achieve a wireless, wearable, chording keyboard might be to hack a wireless qwerty as follows. Suppose you have a commercial, wireless qwerty...
John McKown
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Aug 6, 2005
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Complete with some cooky way to make an ergonomic grip. http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2005/08/build_your_own_13.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890...
jtokash
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Aug 24, 2005
10:43 pm
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I've been poking around some of the "Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR)" sites [1], checking out what Uncle Sugar might do for the cause of...
John McKown
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Sep 10, 2005
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For those who are having trouble finding them: The 2313 PIC is no longer being carried by digikey or mouser, but there are still some available. ...
bowdends
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Oct 7, 2005
2:31 pm
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David, Thanks for the heads-up, it just took mouser 12 days to tell me they couldn't get me the AT90S2313-4PC. My question is how does the 4PC differ from the...
JarodKelly
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Oct 7, 2005
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Hi Jarod, According to Atmel's parts code decoder (http://www.atmel.com/general/ resources/doc0538.pdf) the part number suffix contains the speed (10 vs 4),...
bowdends
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Oct 7, 2005
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I've spent some time looking for switches. Allied and Jameco carry Cherry. ...
John McKown
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Oct 23, 2005
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Mouser, Jameco & Digikey carry Omron basic (=snap) switches. http://www.mouser.com/?Ne=300&handler=data.listcategory&crc=true&N=65302+65300000&Ns=SField ...
John McKown
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Oct 24, 2005
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You can load a .hex file such as my kbm06.hex into the chip with a "chip programmer" program such as avrdude [1] or Ponyprog [2] that runs on your PC and works...
John McKown
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Oct 26, 2005
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Well, I built myself a little programmer and tried it out with avrdude and some ATtiny2313s under Linux and Windows. Avrdude 5.0 seemed to like it at first....
John McKown
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Nov 4, 2005
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My STK500 starter kit/development board finally arrived yesterday and today I tried it out on a tiny. It worked. I'm typing this now on a genuine,...
John McKown
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Nov 12, 2005
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Some opinions voiced at Ask Metafilter [1] on wearable keyboards mentioned the Frogpad, Twiddler and chordite-style keyboards. As usual people seem to see...
John McKown
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Dec 20, 2005
6:45 pm
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Hmmm.... I notice that the chordite version on the front page could be implemented using the poker chip indexing system (mentioned somewhere on chordite.com,...
Russell Nelson
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Dec 27, 2005
6:34 am
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FYI Russell refers here to the chips that have little gear teeth around their rims, top and bottom, that lock when you stack them. You might have seen them...
John McKown
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Dec 27, 2005
4:27 pm
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Here is the foldable sketch kb_fig1_2.pdf mentioned in the last note in a place where you can see it without joining this group: ...
John McKown
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Dec 27, 2005
6:14 pm
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I notice that the requirement for adjustability adds considerable mechanical complexity to chordite keyboards. I wonder if, instead, it's possible to make a...
Russell Nelson
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Jan 5, 2006
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First, I don't know. You might be right. But my prejudice is that adjustability and foldability are best viewed as NRE issues --- more a cost of design than a...
John McKown
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