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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: Popkeymon on Sun, 03 April 2011, 04:15:04

Title: Imagine: a mouse + chord keyboard on an arcade stick?
Post by: Popkeymon on Sun, 03 April 2011, 04:15:04
i know that someone has turned a cheap gaming joystick in to a chord keyer (the joy2chord project).

i also know that the autohotkey script can turn a joystick into a full function 3 button mouse.

Well, I just found that the arcade stick might be a good solution to combine theae two ideas into an intuitive and chordable input device for replacing the keyboard and mouse. Any good idea to get it done?
Title: Imagine: a mouse + chord keyboard on an arcade stick?
Post by: Popkeymon on Wed, 06 April 2011, 08:19:15
I just found a good commercial project on doing this without buying a special high price equipment for chording.

http://circboard.com/index.php (http://circboard.com/index.php)
Title: Imagine: a mouse + chord keyboard on an arcade stick?
Post by: Popkeymon on Wed, 06 April 2011, 08:35:38
I believe that creating a simple software to covert an eight button arcade joystick into a chord keyboard like the circboard must not be a difficult mission. 8 directions plus eight key allows 64 slots to be defined as symbols and letters.

Well, I do not have the expertise to turn it into a program. Hope that interested programmer would help...
Title: Imagine: a mouse + chord keyboard on an arcade stick?
Post by: Popkeymon on Wed, 06 April 2011, 09:24:28
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-4RqXNGgiA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-4RqXNGgiA)

this is another project called "in10did". this is a rather stupid way to add dozens of keys on the joystick while still have to chord with shift for extra letters.
Title: Imagine: a mouse + chord keyboard on an arcade stick?
Post by: Popkeymon on Fri, 08 April 2011, 09:23:17
(http://www.entertainment-electronics.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/qwerty-xbox-360.jpg)

(pic: an xbox gamepad with full qwerty kb)

Adding a full qwerty kb on gamepad is the only solution?