I'm very new to this whole "chord-based" keyboard thing (I'd never even heard of them until a few hours ago), but it seems to me that going wireless would be a...
Your instincts are right. If you click on Messages in the left frame and search on "wireless" you'll see what's been said here. It comes down to wireless...
... Quite true. Broadcom even has a chip designed for keyboards. I'm trying to find out if it can be used for chording as opposed to matrix keyboards. I...
... Thanks for the pointer. I see they actually have two, although the second one seems to be just an "advanced" variant of the first with on-board memory so...
... Newer one is lower power. It has an 8051 core, which I'm sure holds the code which generates keystrokes; if not the entire bluetooth stack. ... That only...
... ... The real problem is implementing the key down / key up counting. ================= Ahem. I rather liked my way, in kbm06.asm. If you have two ...
The subject of sequences, as opposed to chords, has been discussed here and elsewhere, the extreme case being Morse code which needs only one key. At...
I've posted some pics of my chordite at http://www.yargybot.com/WearablePC/Chordite/ I intend to do a fairly detailed write-up on it, but it's nearly 3am now...
... update: First page of the write-up is done. More to follow. The old page with the links to the other pic's is still available, but has been renamed. It's...
... Second page is now available. It's linked to from the foot of the first page (refresh/reload your browser if you still get the "[page not yet available..]"...
Awesome Toby and a nice writeup too. That's a handsome device. I've got to get me a piece of that deck track. Now, minimalist that I am, I'm wondering about...
... Thanks. Did you see the partial third page? I put it up just before turning in last night, but it's incomplete so I didn't bother posting to the mailing...
Nice idea Toby. Hopefully you've got a nice comfy cap for that joystick. If not I might have one that fits. BTW if you ever decide you want to do it I can...
... Thanks. ... Not so far. ... I'll see how I go without one for now. It hasn't bothered me so far and I can always use my trusty Dremel to round off the top ...
Toby my personal bias is against hardware inverters. Let us not hesitate to dorkle with the code. It takes 1 line to invert in software, e.g., com key_addr...
In fact now that I think of it how about just changing the toggle chord test to accept either my existing toggle chord or the 8th key=joystick button. Then if...
... But I only wanted to invert one line, and the issue is kind of IN the hardware (ie. that the microcontroller inputs are tied high internally and therefore...
Echoing back what has been carefully explained as if it were new to the original author is a time-honored if daft tradition in the literature of chording...
I thought I replied to this yesterday, but it seems not... ... Fair enough ... I haven't really looked into it so far, and I thought my assembly language days...
I'm game to try getting rid of toggling but if it's not a simple mod of kbm06.asm it has to go into my queue behind a USB version and generating some files for...
... I've been lurking for a while, and I wanted to say that I've got the code, if you've got the (pic) compiler. I'm still working it, but the USB is up and...
Wow, Richard, when you lurk you don't mess around. :-) PICs are very welcome here and so is code. You might prefer to just supply a link(s). Using the thumb...
Googling around about rapid prototyping and 3D printers I came upon SketchUp: http://www.sketchup.com/?sid=369 Just mouse over the features listed in the table...
There is also GoogleSketchUp, which is free: <http://blog.eparticipation.com/index.php?/archives/30-GoogleSketchup-for-free!.html> Probably not as good, but my...