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"battery estimate, whether it is trying to pair, or which device it is currently connected to"
All of that could be done more elegantly with a row of LEDs like on the side of an old unibody MacBook.
Love the design in general, nice and understated. I'm not sold on the typograhy for the numbers, it seems a bit overdone. The rotary encoder seems a bit pointless, I wouldn't know what to use it for other then volume perhaps? Could the aluminium base be replaced with more of the recycled plastics? If you are going for sustainable, that seems more sustainable then milling one of the more energy intensive materials we…
I have mainly been using the rotary encoder for volume, yes. I have to say it does _feel_ very nice though, much more satisfying than changing volume with vol up/down media keys. I tested out using the encoder for other things like zoom in/out but I haven't found anything where it felt more useful than volume. In regards to the case, the aluminium case gives the device a reassuring heft. My preference would be to mak…
Heft is a good point, I hadn't considered that.
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I bought (imported!) a happy hacking pro 2 like 8 years ago and I wanted it to be blank. There was no german layout (still not existing?) and wrong labels are a no go for me. Its still my daily driver and I love it. Just yesterday I cleaned it, removed every key etc. Its every time a total mess to put it together but I eventually made it.
> Just yesterday I cleaned it, removed every key etc. Its every time a total mess to put it together but I eventually made it. I regularly clean my HHKB. I simply remove all the keys and lay them out in the exact same layout as they're on the keyboard, which makes it easy to then put them back on. I cannot believe the filth that's underneath the keys and always think: "I can't believe it's been that long I haven't cl…
I tried a similar approach to yours the first time I did it and messed it up. I get better each time doing it. Its like a puzzle game. Took only a hour or so.
Back in the olden times of the early 21's century they made good mechanical keyboards with good tactile feel.
Now they ship laptops with paper thin fragile keys.
Thanks for design a great product to help fill the void.
I look forward to buying one.
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I want to hear more about what you expect the rotary encoder to be used for. You clearly put a lot of thought into making it happen, so - why? I feel like there must be some interesting use cases, but I'm drawing a blank.
If OP reads this Switch out that selector switch for a knob with an indent. Its just annoying and bad feeling to free spin a selector switch like that. For stuff like scrolling and volume adjust, you want to be able to do it effortlessly with one finger.
This is a cool project but there needs to be more than a signup page for it to qualify as a Show HN - please see https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html . We've taken "Show HN" out of the title now.
The Planck is compact, durable, & programmable...however what's missing is an ortholinear programmable travel keyboard with a full assortment of keys & durable low-profile switches.
Amazing job! The keyboard looks great. I have a couple of question for you regarding how you built the prototype and how you are planning to manufacture it. I am building something much less ambitious but also a hardware project and could really use some answers to these questions. * How did you get the CE compliance? Did you literally just fork out a couple of grand and send the prototype to a lab to do it for you?…
For prototyping the body, I initially 3d printed it, then moved to 1 off cnc milling. For this I mostly used Geomiq (geomiq.com), which farms it out to various countries (mostly china from what I can tell), then they make it and send it to you. I plan to have the case manufactured in the UK — I found contacts for this because I happen to work in the automotive industry in the UK currently. The most difficult part of the case will be anodising which will require a lot of trial and error.
For the plastics, they are all 3d printed for prototyping, and will be injection moulded in the UK for production.
PCBs are printed in China for prototyping. Not sure where the production PCBs will come from yet.
I can give you more detailed info if you'd like.
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This makes me wonder if I would have had an easier time learning piano with more explicit notes on the keys...
I actually pulled that example from watching my sibling learn the piano in the 90's using that exact method. The teacher used stickers on the keys to speed up the initial muscle memory building (it also kept younger kids from getting discouraged so easily due to difficulty). After a few simple tunes and when they knew where "G" was without the stickers and without counting from middle "C", the stickers came off and t…