It was hard making myself spend so much money but I finally did order some parts from emachineshop. I don't know exactly why or what I'm going to do with the...
Why not adapt to an open hardware platform like arduino/freeduino? It's based on ATmega168 and and has USB too. I'm planning on building my chording keyboard...
Hi I'm looking at switches for my chording keyboard... what switches do people like? I usually order from newark but am open to other sources. In particular,...
... ========================================== Hey why not. I just never heard of it. If they can beat $31.92+tax&shipping and the roughly 4 sq. in. of the...
i'm a machinist by trade and could make the frames on a the tabletop cnc machines i have. simple design and as much adjustment in it as possible. also you...
Hi Eli Very interesting. With your permission I'll stick those photos in the photos section of this group. I went to a screw adjustment as well but rather...
... RBBB kit $11 from moderndevice.com Boarduino kit $17.50 from adafruit.com ... Interesting. Well, starting from a popular known working open source design...
Molding is certainly one of the ways you might avoid adjustability and some work on it has been reported in this group. I lean toward adjustability only...
... Adjustability adds weight and complexity. ... CNC adds expense. Is it worth it? How about putting some plaster in a plastic bag and grabbing it? That's...
Maybe Marius Hooge will update us on the molded shells he was making (see the photos section of this group). I think he probably has as much experience as...
... typing and gripping with the same fingers at the same time. =============================== Come to think of it that's undoubtedly why the Alphagrip, ...
... I don't know how other people use it, but I support my AlphaGrip with just knuckles of my index fingers under those little "wings" at the top of the...
Now I'm visualizing a pendulum hanging from your middle index knuckles, Toby. It's got keys on both sides and as you press them it swings back and forth...
It's hard to explain, but I only have trouble "gripping" it between my knuckles when I use the little fingers' buttons (furthest from the top so the greatest...
Slashdot has once again enthusiastically cited that lapboard thing I have sneered at, the one with the little platform below it on which to run a standard...
Hi John This is my first comment on this list; though I have read all the posts. First person shooters *do* have standard keys, but almost everyone I know ...
Hi Richard, I just now googled around and Digikey has the LIS302DL 3-axis accelerometer chip used in the Wii for $11 ea. & development boards for $54. That's ...
Hi Are you guys talking about using accelerometers instead of switches in chording keyboard that is also used as a game controller? Tony ... -- Best Regards. ...
No. we're talking (I think :-) about an accelerometer mouse or, more generally, movement controller/sensor a la Wii, combined with a bunch of switches acting...
... Marquard switches: http://blog.russnelson.com/chordite/chordite.html -- --my blog is at http://blog.russnelson.com | Software that needs Crynwr sells...
What's the actuation force? This company seems to make quite a range of switches but you don't specify a model number for the one that's pictured; it doesn't...
No I hadn't I read this group by email and have, I think, only visited the group description page once before. For those like me, here's the actual URL of the...
I dunno. Assumptions, including a uncountable number of unconscious ones, are just how communication works. Both speaker and hearer must assume contexts for...
... Heheh. *It* does not assume browser access; *you* do! It's perfectly possible and reasonable to sign up to a yahoo group and read and post all the...
Possible and reasonable, yes, but Yahoo and I are assuming at least some interest in the photos, files, links and the search functions. Yahoo groups via...
... I probably won't. I'm working on 0g (touch contact). And they look hard to get and expensive. I was more wondering about your selection process. ... ...
I'm getting more organized on game mode (actually Q2 mode) and should start coding soon. Tentative assignments for the all-important single-key chords are as...