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I worked for the HP calculator back in the early 90s. It was the first generation HP calculator that is looking to using new keyboard technology. The amount eng
by yitchelle 7y ago
I worked for the HP calculator back in the early 90s. It was the first generation HP calculator that is looking to using new keyboard technology. The amount engineering effort to keep the tactile feedback was significant. It had to be just the right amount of click as well as the amount of pressure needed to make the contact.
The tactile feedback on the HP calculators is one of the those things that defined that product.
- bsder 7y agoIf you don't mind my asking: what was the "old" generation technology? It seems like with modern manufacturing we ought to be able to replicate that.
- yitchelle 7y agoTo be honest, it has been too long ago for me to remember the details Sorry. From what I can recall, The "old" technology needed to be updated as the manufacturing methods were too costly.
- bsder 7y ago> The "old" technology needed to be updated as the manufacturing methods were too costly. Sure, costly for a volume manufacturer. However, for low volume, boutique manufacturing, you can tolerate a whole lot of "non-optimal" methods that may actually be easier to manufacture even if not cheaper.