Author Topic: [IC] Matrix Pad (Read 8160 times)

mrbishop · « **on:** Mon, 06 June 2016, 13:50:54 »

Something ive been tinkering with for abit. i do alot of design work using various software. all of them have hot keys which do make things easier but are often not usually easily accessible via a single hand. this means in order to hit certain keys you have to take your hand off the mouse/trackpad/trackball. which is annoying. i also do a fare amount of FPS gaming.

rev1 was built for use with a teensy 2.0 both for simplicity on myself and for cost of manufacturing. oh yeah will make everything open source as soon as i stop being lazy and upload the files to github

i look forward to your thoughts.

matrix pad.zip (67.2 kB - downloaded 160 times.) this will be replaced with something that becomes updated regularly.

evangs · « **Reply #1 on:** Mon, 06 June 2016, 13:52:44 »

This looks neat, can't wait to see where his goes!

mrbishop · « **Reply #2 on:** Mon, 06 June 2016, 13:54:37 »

Quote from: evangs on Mon, 06 June 2016, 13:52:44

This looks neat, can't wait to see where his goes!

depends on which pill you take LOL (bad Matrix movie pun i know)

evangs · « **Reply #3 on:** Mon, 06 June 2016, 13:55:11 »

Quote from: mrbishop on Mon, 06 June 2016, 13:54:37

Quote from: evangs on Mon, 06 June 2016, 13:52:44
This looks neat, can't wait to see where his goes!

depends on which pill you take LOL (bad Matrix movie pun i know)

Red!

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punkpc · « **Reply #4 on:** Mon, 06 June 2016, 16:06:38 »

This looks pretty interesting. Do you have a case design to go with it yet?

mrbishop · « **Reply #5 on:** Mon, 06 June 2016, 18:05:47 »

Quote from: punkpc on Mon, 06 June 2016, 16:06:38

This looks pretty interesting. Do you have a case design to go with it yet?

No not yet. I will probably do a sandwich or skeleton case to start with. Something nice and heavy. So likely having a thick aluminum bottom plate regardless. Guess I need to get back to my 3d cad software and get a design done lol

chuckdee · « **Reply #6 on:** Mon, 06 June 2016, 19:00:53 »

This *is* cool! Been looking at supplemental keyboards a lot lately. Another one on the list LOL

mrbishop · « **Reply #7 on:** Mon, 06 June 2016, 19:16:23 »

Quote from: chuckdee on Mon, 06 June 2016, 19:00:53

This *is* cool! Been looking at supplemental keyboards a lot lately. Another one on the list LOL

want to really blow your mind. i was poking at it earlier and putting 2 together may give you a two part full blown keyboard similar to the ergodox and others. not the original design but may be possible.

mrbishop · « **Reply #8 on:** Mon, 06 June 2016, 22:06:33 »

Quote from: punkpc on Mon, 06 June 2016, 16:06:38

This looks pretty interesting. Do you have a case design to go with it yet?

forgive the low quality render but here is a 1.5mm 6mm 1.5mm case design. its a quick and dirty design but should do the job.

bbrotha · « **Reply #9 on:** Mon, 06 June 2016, 23:44:16 »

Interesting!

chuckdee · « **Reply #10 on:** Tue, 07 June 2016, 07:19:02 »

Very nice!

BaconEggandCheeseBagel · « **Reply #11 on:** Tue, 07 June 2016, 20:03:48 »

Really like this for gaming, I tried using a numpad and remapping, but I always felt like I needed more keys around WASD besides what I had on a numpad

mrbishop · « **Reply #12 on:** Tue, 07 June 2016, 20:08:12 »

Quote from: BaconEggandCheeseBagel on Tue, 07 June 2016, 20:03:48

Really like this for gaming, I tried using a numpad and remapping, but I always felt like I needed more keys around WASD besides what I had on a numpad

i hear ya. and i figured a 5x5 matrix plus some side keys would be more than enough for lots of good stuff

if i keep getting positive feedback i'll start moving towards a GB

mrbishop · « **Reply #13 on:** Tue, 19 July 2016, 19:10:13 »

moving forward with this... in carbon fiber

this is rev 2 of the design. i wanted to give it abit of a stealth bomber feel.

hope you guys like cuz i'm cutting it either way xD

kolec94 · « **Reply #14 on:** Tue, 19 July 2016, 19:14:13 »

interesting I like everything but the teensy, have you looked at a arduino nano instead?

mrbishop · « **Reply #15 on:** Tue, 19 July 2016, 19:17:30 »

Quote from: kolec94 on Tue, 19 July 2016, 19:14:13

interesting I like everything but the teensy, have you looked at a arduino nano instead?

somewhat. i'm looking to run QMK on this and i know it plays nice with anything AVR but is the arduino nano do HID native or is it emulated?

long term goals would be to throw an ATMega32u4 on their directly and scrap the teensy. or do something like a USB128 for more ports and maybe bluetooth onboard. but again... long term goals if this goes anywhere

kolec94 · « **Reply #16 on:** Tue, 19 July 2016, 19:26:43 »

Quote from: mrbishop on Tue, 19 July 2016, 19:17:30

Quote from: kolec94 on Tue, 19 July 2016, 19:14:13
interesting I like everything but the teensy, have you looked at a arduino nano instead?

somewhat. i'm looking to run QMK on this and i know it plays nice with anything AVR but is the arduino nano do HID native or is it emulated?

long term goals would be to throw an ATMega32u4 on their directly and scrap the teensy. or do something like a USB128 for more ports and maybe bluetooth onboard. but again... long term goals if this goes anywhere

well that depends on the version of the arduino some are atmega32u4 others run the atmega328p

mrbishop · « **Reply #17 on:** Tue, 19 July 2016, 19:28:00 »

Quote from: kolec94 on Tue, 19 July 2016, 19:26:43

Quote from: mrbishop on Tue, 19 July 2016, 19:17:30
Quote from: kolec94 on Tue, 19 July 2016, 19:14:13
interesting I like everything but the teensy, have you looked at a arduino nano instead?

somewhat. i'm looking to run QMK on this and i know it plays nice with anything AVR but is the arduino nano do HID native or is it emulated?

long term goals would be to throw an ATMega32u4 on their directly and scrap the teensy. or do something like a USB128 for more ports and maybe bluetooth onboard. but again... long term goals if this goes anywhere
well that depends on the version of the arduino some are atmega32u4 others run the atmega328p

i'm going to assume the 32u4 is the one with native HID and USB out not the emulation stuff. i'm all for recommendations. if it fits it ships

mrbishop · « **Reply #18 on:** Wed, 20 July 2016, 22:08:12 »

So pretty.

Can't wait to get more of this project done.

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sambarugh · « **Reply #19 on:** Thu, 21 July 2016, 15:01:12 »

Love it. Definitely interested.

chuckdee · « **Reply #20 on:** Thu, 21 July 2016, 16:13:40 »

I love the changes with the longer wrist rest!

mrbishop · « **Reply #21 on:** Thu, 21 July 2016, 18:27:14 »

Quote from: chuckdee on Thu, 21 July 2016, 16:13:40

I love the changes with the longer wrist rest!

That's what she said

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quake4mhg · « **Reply #22 on:** Thu, 21 July 2016, 19:44:46 »

I'm interested if no wrist rest

save desktop space.

smart5088 · « **Reply #23 on:** Fri, 22 July 2016, 02:41:09 »

interest.!

What kind of purpose keyboard?

this macro pad ?

wait for answer.

mrbishop · « **Reply #24 on:** Fri, 22 July 2016, 09:17:14 »

Quote from: smart5088 on Fri, 22 July 2016, 02:41:09

interest.!

What kind of purpose keyboard?

this macro pad ?

wait for answer.

so my thoughts on this are for gaming and for use with applications that have lots of shortcut keys that are spread all over the keyboard. bringing them all into one place for one handed operation. i do most of my design work in Fusion360 and like most CAD programs the shortcut keys make sense but are all over the place causing me to have to look down and move my left hand to the key or take my hand off my mouse to press the shortcut key. very annoying.

the plan is to load it with QMK and have breakouts to add other things to it. but v1 gen1 will probably just be hand wired. i still need to tweak the PCB more. i have some ideas for RGB lighting using addressable LED's and such.

that said you could load it with whatever each key could be anything QMK/TMK can produce.

mrbishop · « **Reply #25 on:** Sun, 31 July 2016, 19:57:26 »

so after getting both pushed and help from a friend. still needs to do some looking to ensure everything works right. but my virtual prototype is done.

TerryMathews · « **Reply #26 on:** Mon, 01 August 2016, 00:04:45 »

I'd be interested in one of these once it becomes concrete.

jchan94 · « **Reply #27 on:** Mon, 01 August 2016, 03:35:25 »

Looks awesome! I'd love to see a design with a wrist rest integrated into the build. Either wood, or something. If not, I'm sure I'd be down to check out just the PCB.

mrbishop · « **Reply #28 on:** Mon, 01 August 2016, 10:17:24 »

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So pretty.
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Can't wait to get more of this project done.

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So pretty.
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Can't wait to get more of this project done.

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Quote from: jchan94 on Mon, 01 August 2016, 03:35:25

Looks awesome! I'd love to see a design with a wrist rest integrated into the build. Either wood, or something. If not, I'm sure I'd be down to check out just the PCB.

the wrist rest is intigrated into the case but it might be cool to do a stand alone wrist rest like the early eargodox versions.

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