As much as I’d like to devote an article to each and every bit of keyboard-related what-have-you that I come across in my travels through the intertubes, there just aren’t enough hours. And after all, this isn’t Clack-a-Day. To that end, I gained editorial approval to bring you a periodic round-up of news and other tidbits on the keyboard and keyboard accessories front, and here we are. So let’s get to it!
I wish this were mine. Maybe I’ll make an offer!
A Macro Pad for Stonks Life
You don’t have to look far to find awesome keebs and macro pads made by the community. Over on Hackaday.io, [Maciej Witkowiak] is hacking a little Thomson-Reuters macro pad meant for trading.
All the trading keebs we’ve seen thus far have been battleship rectangles — 104+ key ‘boards that have several extra buttons for macros and stuff, like the old IBM Model F. Sometimes the trading keebs even have a little built-in screen.
The teardown revealed an STM32 CPU. After sniffing the keypad’s output, [Maciej] is able to employ AutoHotKey scripts to use it as a macro pad without needing the proprietary drivers. Here’s hoping they end up using YOURS/MINE as GitHub accept and reject buttons, because we can’t think of anything more apt.
Sustainable Clackin’
I made this for the ErgoDox, and there’s a matching USB cable.
[John] at Zap! rece ..
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