trackball
Code for a trackball I'm building from scratch (by monroewilliams)
qmk-firmware-ploopyco-dev
Open-source keyboard firmware for Atmel AVR and Arm USB families (by ploopyco)
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- | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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trackball
Posts with mentions or reviews of trackball.
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- Just picked up a Logitech TrackMan Marble FX
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Another monroewilliams Trackball!
I did lay out a simple carrier board as a direct replacement for the breadboard in a more permanent build, and had a few of them made up through OshPark. It's really basic -- no components, just some traces and solder pads. (My first time trying to use kicad, I think it turned out decent for what it is.)
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Operate TB with how many fingers - accuracy vs. ease of clicking
not quite sure what you are getting at... regarding thumb use, you can always buy used FXes (or new ones if you want a crazy markup). if you want something slightly more modern, there is the cordless FX. the DIY trackball you speak of is publicly available here: https://github.com/monroewilliams/trackball
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Looking for help with some sort of 3D scan of Logitech Trackman FX Cordless(T-RA17).
isnt a scan, but its a 3d printable trackball with roughly similar shape: https://github.com/monroewilliams/trackball
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Undefeatable wrist ache/discomfort
For me, the hand position used with the Logitech Trackman Marble FX was near perfect for reducing hand and wrist stress. Unfortunately that model was discontinued many years ago, and they're now hard to find, expensive, and generally antiquated (PS/2 interface, dodgy early optical sensor, no scroll wheel). This was the main reason I designed and built my own trackball. Its shape was inspired by the Marble FX, although I modeled it from scratch in OpenSCAD.
- Logitech Trackman Marble FX was great.
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Share your current daily driver(s)!
Of course. 😎
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Need Guidance - Looking to build a DIY from Github
Sources for all the parts I used are listed here, and there's a fairly extensive assembly guide with pictures here.
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Hey! Is there a simple to use optical mouse sensor for ESP32 ???
For my scratch-built trackball project, I used these breakout boards, and based my initial code off of the seller's sample code. His sample is for Arduino. but it's basically pretty straightforward C code that isn't hard to adapt to any microcontroller. For my purposes I needed to run two of the sensors off one microcontroller, so I turned into a C++ class that runs one sensor per instance, and supports a couple different related sensors (ADNS9800 and PMW3360).
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I have finally built it! u/MonroeWilliams, you are a legend! This is the greatest trackball known to mankind. FINALLY I can work without pain. The work that Monroe put into it is insane. THANK YOU, GOD AMONG MEN
The ball-spin mousewheel is a really nice touch, too
qmk-firmware-ploopyco-dev
Posts with mentions or reviews of qmk-firmware-ploopyco-dev.
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and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-05-20.
- Ploopy Thumb not recognized by VIA or VIAL. . . Are there any other GUI-based QMK solutions?
- Where is the Ploopy Thumb QMK firmware?
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DPIButton
The links you have are for the Classic trackball. You should use https://github.com/ploopyco/qmk-firmware-ploopyco-dev/blob/ploopyco/thumb/keyboards/ploopyco/trackball_thumb/
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[HELP] Just got the Ploopy Trackball_thumb and I love it so far but... and a mini review.
You can alternatively download https://github.com/ploopyco/qmk-firmware-ploopyco-dev/archive/refs/heads/master.zip
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QMK branch for thumb?
git remote add ploopyco https://github.com/ploopyco/qmk-firmware-ploopyco-dev.git git fetch ploopyco git checkout --track ploopyco/ploopyco/thumb
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How to Scroll With the Trackball Nano
If there's interest, I can see about getting the changes merged into either the ploopy fork of qmk or upstream qmk (or both).
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Ploopy Nano prebuilt kit...does it ship with VIA? Not being recognized.
https://github.com/ploopyco/nano-qmk-firmware/tree/pinkyball/keyboards/ploopyco/trackball_nano#customzing-your-ploopy-nano-trackball
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It's not a keyboard, but it does live next to one. Work in progress.
I've got the ADNS working in QMK. Check it out if you want.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing trackball and qmk-firmware-ploopyco-dev you can also consider the following projects:
Charybdis
qmk_firmware - Open-source keyboard firmware for Atmel AVR and Arm USB families
tractyl-manuform-keyboard
thumb-trackball - A high-performance, open-source thumb trackball, powered by QMK.
rawaccel - kernel mode mouse accel
qmk_firmware - keyboard controller firmware for Atmel AVR and ARM USB families
pmw3360-breakout - Breakout board for PMW3360 optical mouse sensor
keyball - keyball is split keyboard has 100% track ball
dometyl-keyboard - A parametric generator for designing split, concave, ergonomic keyboards written in ocaml.
qmk_firmware - Open-source keyboard firmware for Atmel AVR and Arm USB families
dm_r_track
ErgoWarp - Design Log and OpenSCAD code repo for Custom Split Keyboard
trackball vs Charybdis
qmk-firmware-ploopyco-dev vs qmk_firmware
trackball vs tractyl-manuform-keyboard
qmk-firmware-ploopyco-dev vs thumb-trackball
trackball vs rawaccel
qmk-firmware-ploopyco-dev vs qmk_firmware
trackball vs pmw3360-breakout
trackball vs keyball
trackball vs dometyl-keyboard
trackball vs qmk_firmware
trackball vs dm_r_track
trackball vs ErgoWarp