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While my whole life is a todo list (formerly in ListPro, now MyLifeOrganized), I'm not very good at keeping one for this project. Well I was until a few months ago but then had to make some money here which took me off the project. One of the two developers working on it left at end of November whic...

Einhand: die gehört in die Rubrik "Krankenkasse". Beispiel:

https://www.incap.de/index.php?article_ ... rtnr=10703

Windows sollte das spätestens ab Vista auch so können.

All is configurable, even the mouse switches.

Why does the keyboard wrap around the table?

I put it on hiatus in 2010. At that time I only had the mod I built in 2008. Then in 2011 I revived it but nothing came out of that - again. So, the 'board I'm talking about in the last post is the first real thing since 2008. There were always rumours I had more "prototypes" and I got several mails...

^^^ Thanks for the comments! Can't say anything on pricing yet. Still working our way through the revisions. Revision 'C' of the controller pcb came on Monday. So, two days ago parts were soldered and it wouldn't work. :( Then yesterday, after a small correction, for the first time EVERYTHING WORKED...

matt3o wrote: ↑you should have open sourced instead!

2008 was too early. Now it's too late. Unless we ditch crowdfunding.

You initially came up with this design?

Something similar at least.

I should have patented that case design in 2008.

Interessante Idee mit dem zweiten Layer. Aber ich arbeite relativ gerne mit Strg+Shift+Up & Strg+Shift+Down. (Damit kann man in den meisten IDEs und Texteditoren ganze Textblöcke verschieben!) Die linke Hand ist dann mit Strg-Shift drücken komplett ausgelastet. Ich verwende Shift+Ctrl+Right/Left da...

Bitsquid wrote: ↑[*]Es stört mich sehr, dass ich, um den Cursor im Dokument zu bewegen immer die rechte Hand aus der Ruheposition nehmen muss. Warum nicht die Spacebar verkleinern und die Cursortasten mit den Daumen bedienen?

Zweites Layer?

2nd CNC case:

Ah, got it. Have to do another search and will keep this in mind.

Is there a certain PBT hype right now? Because it's been around for a long time. Actually, this is PBT too, ooooold pic: http://www.guru-board.com/pics/miniguru_blank.jpg But only lately people seem to prefer it. What happened? Anyway, last time I tried (some months ago and not _that_ hard) I couldn...

What has the material to do with the programmability?

ISO is already in the switch pcb.

The caps in the pic are Keycool pcb caps IIRC. But I couldn't find an OEM and Keycool didn't answer my mail.

So far it looks like ABS/doubleshot.

Still going through pcb revisions. Until the major parts are working there will be no "date".

Ducky mini worry: why? Mouse keys only go so far (maybe I misunderstood the concept).

^^^ Thanks!

Quick update pic:



Working so far. Still a lot to sort out, hardware and software. Next pcb revision is in the works.

Haven't heard of the case guy yet.

Force will be higher than 75g.

They require more force than the Omron or comparable micro switches. I can send you some no-names in two weeks.

If you need a datasheet you have to find them on Mouser, digikey, etc.

No, Findecanor meant these (I guess): http://www.aliexpress.com/item/6-x-6-x-9-5mm-Black-Push-Button-Right-Angle-Tactile-Momentary-Switches-10-Pcs/1146549625.html As I said: I want to put it on the mount plate. If necessary, it can be lifted further up. That could help. Or complicate things. Because...

Findecanor wrote: ↑The common square microswitches are also available with right-angle housing, but they would need some backing (from a custom-made bracket, maybe ... ) so as to not put strain on the solder pads.

The ones I have here have 4 through hole solder points, 2x case and 2x switch. Pretty stable.

Also: What does "detent torque" mean? Is that a bad thing, like ratchet scrolling? :? Probably. Maybe you have to mod it and if you're lucky this can be done without opening it. You also have to check height. With this encoder the middle of the axis is at 4.5mm over pcb top. With the Miniguru, top ...

Alps EC05E series:
http://www.alps.com/prod/info/E/HTML/En ... _list.html

Alps EC10E series:
http://www.alps.com/prod/info/E/HTML/En ... _list.html

7bit wrote: ↑Now, this in 1 unit (~19mm)

But that's not how the original drawing is.

I'd try to hide the encoder and the counter support under the spacebars. 0.25u wheel and 2x 3u bars.

And what about the wheel itself? 4 posts up. Depends on how "perfect" you want it. You need a hex axis. If you want to do the wheel one part (better) you have to do the hex part in a second step on a mill with a rotary table (assuming non-cnc machines). That's a lot of work. It would be easier to f...

I just had that in my bookmarks. Here's a ton with lower MOQs:

http://www.aliexpress.com/wholesale?Sea ... 0806123942

Why not China?

BTW: They have also fake Cherry switches.

Kailh Cherry clones, yes.

The Miniguru 'solves' this by leaving away the center button and going with a conventional space bar Historically, there was nothing to solve as the prototype uses a two-button trackpoint model. wheel Look for rotary encoders, here's one from our favorite company: http://kailh.manufacturer.globalso...

7bit wrote: ↑Ideally, this keyboard makes the Miniguru obsolete.


However, lowpoly can still sell me his trackpoint invention.

Heh!

How long, lowpoly, HOW LONG?!?! Prototype case milling in 5 weeks, 1 week manufacturing and shipping, couple of days for powder coating... If I manage to do the rest in the meantime I can start taking photos in about 6 weeks. Photos are needed for the pre-crowdfunding campaign (about another two mo...

I use it quite often too. These are my most used: Middle click + trackpoint drag = scroll. Middle click on a link in a browser = open in new tab. Middle click on a tab in a browser = close tab. Yep, I use these too with the mouse, except scroll which I do with ScrollbarAnywhere in Firefox which use...