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not in the list was one of the "hybrid" touchscreens: the Blackberry Storm, with its touchscreen actuated by a tactile switch positioned behind the screen. I re
by jareklupinski 2y ago
not in the list was one of the "hybrid" touchscreens: the Blackberry Storm, with its touchscreen actuated by a tactile switch positioned behind the screen. I really liked the "tactile feedback" idea, but a single pushbutton in the dead center was tough to click when your point was somewhere in the corners
currently working on a 'tactile' flat keyboard with silkscreened regions on a circuit board corresponding to a typical keyboard layout. it uses specific rumble motors to bump the board at different intensities and frequencies when it detects a keypress, letting you emulate certain switches like "Model M", linear, 'clicky', etc., but I haven't managed to make the finger detection circuits/firmware reliable enough for a daily driver
riffing on the Storm's idea, i'm wondering if I can make the motors work double duty as detectors as well as actuators...