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Wow! I had dreamed of physical "analog" controls as a standard feature on keyboards and input devices for various applications -- would be great productivity b

Wow! I had dreamed of physical "analog" controls as a standard feature on keyboards and input devices for various applications -- would be great productivity booster for power users. I wish this catches on and gets mass adoption.

laurencei 2y ago
Yeah - me too - I dont have the time/tools to build these myself - but would happily pay for them as a product.
- albert_e 2y ago
  Same While I wish I had the time and talent to pursue this as a hobby - and I dabbled in PCBs and DIY electronics in youth - life has other plans. I see some sibling commenta that link to keyboards with a knobs-- that is cool - but I am imagining having access to more than one knob so I have a bank of at least 5-6 knobs, slightly smaller than the DIY project, so I can program them for multiple uses like we do for Function Keys today. Imagine stream deck with knobs instead of buttons - and available either as a separate USB/wireless device or as a simple "nuneric keypad" / "function keys /media keys" kind of addition to keyboards
netsharc 2y ago
Logitech has such a keyboard: https://www.logitech.com/en-us/products/keyboards/craft.920-008484.html?wt.mc_id=global_news_craft https://www.logitech.com/en-us/products/keyboards/craft.920-...
- vunderba 2y ago
  Nice - be interesting to see what kind of integrations they have for the knob (at a bare minimum I better be able to play break out and scrub video in da Vinci). I use a Keychron Q2 which has a dial at the top-right - it's mostly pretty good though I wish it were a little bit easier to program and of course it doesn't have haptic feedback. https://www.keychron.com/products/keychron-q2-pro-qmk-via-wireless-custom-mechanical-keyboard https://www.keychron.com/products/keychron-q2-pro-qmk-via-wi...
auc 2y ago
The Das keyboard has a volume knob that’s pretty nice
hyperman1 2y ago
Dell had this. Also a button to get instant silence, and an USB port for the mouse. https://universaldatasystems.org/shop/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/SK8135-B.jpg https://universaldatasystems.org/shop/wp-content/uploads/201...

laurencei 2y ago

Yeah - me too - I dont have the time/tools to build these myself - but would happily pay for them as a product.

albert_e 2y ago
Same While I wish I had the time and talent to pursue this as a hobby - and I dabbled in PCBs and DIY electronics in youth - life has other plans. I see some sibling commenta that link to keyboards with a knobs-- that is cool - but I am imagining having access to more than one knob so I have a bank of at least 5-6 knobs, slightly smaller than the DIY project, so I can program them for multiple uses like we do for Function Keys today. Imagine stream deck with knobs instead of buttons - and available either as a separate USB/wireless device or as a simple "nuneric keypad" / "function keys /media keys" kind of addition to keyboards

netsharc 2y ago

Logitech has such a keyboard: https://www.logitech.com/en-us/products/keyboards/craft.920-008484.html?wt.mc_id=global_news_craft https://www.logitech.com/en-us/products/keyboards/craft.920-...

vunderba 2y ago
Nice - be interesting to see what kind of integrations they have for the knob (at a bare minimum I better be able to play break out and scrub video in da Vinci). I use a Keychron Q2 which has a dial at the top-right - it's mostly pretty good though I wish it were a little bit easier to program and of course it doesn't have haptic feedback. https://www.keychron.com/products/keychron-q2-pro-qmk-via-wireless-custom-mechanical-keyboard https://www.keychron.com/products/keychron-q2-pro-qmk-via-wi...

auc 2y ago

The Das keyboard has a volume knob that’s pretty nice

hyperman1 2y ago

Dell had this. Also a button to get instant silence, and an USB port for the mouse. https://universaldatasystems.org/shop/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/SK8135-B.jpg https://universaldatasystems.org/shop/wp-content/uploads/201...