smartknob VS elegant-cli

...it's a spring and a servo. Or a brushless motor.

https://github.com/scottbez1/smartknob

...or any not-bottom-end-of-market steering wheel for driving video games.

I made a rotary input device that provides software-defined "virtual" detents and end-stops, implemented using a BLDC gimbal motor. It can dynamically switch from completely smooth unbounded rotation, to having detents with configurable spacing and strength and "end-stops" that spring back if you try to rotate past them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ip641WmY4pA

It's got a round LCD on the front of the knob (wired and supported via the hollow shaft of the motor) and uses the flex of the PCB and strain gauge sensors (in the latest revision, simply SMD resistors whose resistance changes when stretched) to detect when the knob is pressed down.

It's open source hardware and software - https://github.com/scottbez1/smartknob

HN folks might appreciate that it communicates with host software on the computer via protobuf-encoded USB serial messages -- nanopb is awesome for embedded C protobuf support, and having the defined schema, autogenerated serialization code, and compile-time type safety is so much nicer than ArduinoJson or hand-written binary protocols!

I'd love to get it hooked up to some real software eventually (video editors or home-assistant control are my 2 main ideas), but it's really just been a fun project to tinker with and try out some new ideas and parts I've never used before.

GitHub

I'm trying to design a smartknob based off Scottbez1's design (https://github.com/scottbez1/smartknob), but with a stripped down feature set. However I can't seem to get the magnetic sensor to work properly - it's an MT6701 connected to an ESP32 via SSI.

Thank you so, so much for finding it. Unfortunately on eBay its not cheaper and ali doesn't have it cheaper either. It looks like an out of production item, like when I wanted to make this https://github.com/scottbez1/smartknob and it was gone except when sparkfun got a few.

Yeah I received a similar email as well.

YC has a funky hodgepodge of React on Rails for their website, and it could use a major update considering they’re the leading tech incubator.

I emailed Dang about it, and he suggested that I build a product that solves this issue instead.

I ended up building a prototype on top of Docusaurus, and received a ton of developer feedback.

We’ve been working on it for about 6 months consistently now, and we’ve made huge progress on a simple CMS and content framework that would solve all of YC’s issues such as this accidental newsletter blast.

My goal with this project is to upgrade the YC website, as well as Paul Graham’s.

What do you’all think?

https://github.com/elegantframework/elegant-cli

https://www.elegantframework.com/

My ADHD meds, coffee, GitHub Issues and Discussions, and using a simple ‘todo.txt’ file in my local box.

For content creation, I created this little React based Wordpress alternative that is free to use and 100% open source: https://github.com/elegantframework/elegant-cli

For emails, I use ConvertKit to collect email signups and send out updates to my subscribers.

Would anyone be interested in a self hosted version of what Patreon offers for creators?

I have been working on a free Wordpress alternative that is built with React, and removes the guard rails and burdens for creators that WP creates.

https://github.com/elegantframework/elegant-cli

I have had requests to include Twitch like features such as tipping, subscriptions, and power ups.

I started planning out these features to get them into the development pipeline and I realized that some of these features are the value that Patreon creates.

Would developers/creators be interested in having subscription tiers, tips, power ups, rewards, etc, on their own website alongside their content?

I am currently working with a local creator who recently switched over to us; and we are piloting ways to level up his content using his Patreon account.

But as the author of the article mentioned, this creator goes by a stage name when he’s connecting with fans.

https://mankini.tv/

https://mankini.tv/interviews/mankini-interviews-buzz-osborn...

Haha yeah, this is my tech safe space lol..

The career path hasn’t been so bad. Applied my understanding of electrons to computer science, and have launched a number of apps and services since.

Currently working on a side project that’s a WordPress alternative built with Next.js and Tailwind :)

https://github.com/elegantframework/elegant-cli

It’s still in its infancy, but you can check it out on GitHub if you’re interested: https://github.com/elegantframework/elegant-cli