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How about making it 2U wide, to coincide with the small 2×2 pad below it, and only a little taller than the keys themselves, so moving the hand from the keys to the knob and back is more natural?

I was thinking the same. Also I think that adding a dimple in the top of the knob would make it ...

Let me know what do you think !

I can already imagine myself using this... but I would be rotating the knob with my annular (ring) finger (this with the numpad either located to the right or to the left of the main keyboard). It therefore follows that the knob should be smaller (and lighter). How ...

mecano wrote: Ehehe, was my way of blaming you
Yup go atmega and tmk/qmk, you will feel the fresh air of freedom and almost limitless possibilities considering that sk5126 FlexMatrix Programmer interface

I have to agree with you, I will update this thread with my future decisions for sure

Oh… if the OP is lazy enough to not copy/paste full features here, don't blame me of being too lazy to not have cross reading through boards to understand what is happening here :mrgreen:
So what is this running with? teensy, arduino? Can we see the insides?
https://github.com/tmk/tmk_keyboard ...

The powerMate can be pushed/clicked though.
You should try to replace that rotary encoder with a momentary push rotary encoder so the encoder behaviour could be switched by it own.
Did you use tmk or qmk?

Hi mecano, the knob can be pushed down too - it behaves like a pushbutton. You can check ...

That is a gorgeous build, Afferscheim. The case is particularly nice, clearly custom yet sleek and top-of-the-line with what looks like tight tolerances and the anodized finish - so cool! And as someone who owns a Griffin PowerMate, I applaud the style of your rotary encoder.

With those skills, I ...

Vecktrex wrote: I like the simple, clean aesthetic. Looks like the perfect mini-macro board. My brother was complaining about the absence of a volume knob on his new keyboard, might point him to one of these builds.

Thanks! glad that you like the look of the board

You made this !! impressive ass hell looks good my compliments :ugeek:

looks like the "Microsoft's Surface Dial "

you mentioned the four switches on the right.. i would turn does keys in to toggle switches for the knob..
don't know if that's what you mean when you say "rotary encoder".

So the ...

I really like the retro feel this has. Very nice! The two keycaps on the bottom row look off, but I'm sure you're already fixing that :)
How much does the whole thing cost you? And, would it be possible and easy to do this in a macropad version, with a 5 by 4 cluster of 1u keys?

Thanks ! Correct ...

chuckdee wrote: #dta2018

Early Nomination for Best "other" input device or Best Project depending on how the categories fall.

Thanks! Do you enjoy the knob sound ? https://youtu.be/bEPTY0YaYSE

Hi All,

I mad a small keypad as a first build:



You can check out the full post there https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=93226.0

Let me know what do you think !