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Novel Features?
Snipeye:
One of my favorite things about building keyboards is doing weird and novel stuff.
For example, in a recent keyboard I managed to shove 30 encoders onto the PCB. It’s not useful, but it’s a bit interesting. Other examples: infrared decoding so you can use a remote control, combining a mouse and keyboard into a single device, Hall effect switches for analog inputs, motorized linear potentiometers, solenoids, etc.
I’m looking for more stupid things to shove into a keyboard. Any ideas?
Rhienfo:
It was actually hard to think of stuff like this because I'm pretty plain when it comes to my keyboards. Retractable feet on a keyboard you build could be novel, don't really see a point but like you might. And side buttons on the keyboard could be novel (and actually serve a purpose lol)
Hope this gives you some ideas.
Snipeye:
I actually really like idea of side buttons. I see a lot of keyboards with macro/reprogrammable columns k. The outside, but moving them to the actual side of the case would be a very neat aesthetic IMO. Mind if I steal this?
Rhienfo:
--- Quote from: Snipeye on Wed, 15 May 2024, 22:34:38 ---I actually really like idea of side buttons. I see a lot of keyboards with macro/reprogrammable columns k. The outside, but moving them to the actual side of the case would be a very neat aesthetic IMO. Mind if I steal this?
--- End quote ---
I don't think I could ever do it myself lol so it's fine.
Besides, when it comes to personal projects (or for me any project) It shouldn't matter if you take ideas, it's a communal hobby. It's also not stealing them too.
Mandan:
Some early workstations had a "fast" or "repeat" key that told the OS to increase the repeat rate. Such a thing would be handy in console windows when you want to move the cursor rapidly.
> side buttons
Excellent idea!
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