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Eliminate Chatter & Increase Responsiveness

A project log for Wireless BLE Kinesis Advantage (Custom Controller)

Replaces the stock controller with an nRF52 BLE SOC and MCP23S17 io expander. BLE Kinesis with great (few months) battery life.

mike-wMike W 05/13/2019 at 06:070 Comments

Noticed that I was still getting some key chatter intermittently during intense bursts of typing (130wpm+). Which was rare but still still resulted in stuck keys.

To fix the issue:

- Decreased the delay from 7ms -> 4ms per loop.

- Increased the Debouncing loop count from 2 -> 3

Resulting in a delay per key event of...

1 + 4 + 1 + 4  = 10ms

Where previously it was...

1 + 7 = 8ms

The decrease in delay inevitably means we'll see higher power consumption but since I'm running on 6 months without a charge (4,400mA LiPo), losing a few months for more consistent performance doesn't seem like a big deal.

Estimated increase in power consumption

1/4 = 0.25, where previously it was 1/8 = 0.125 -> 2x more power consumption.

3+ months of heavy usage is fine, considering I have to charge my mouse (MX Ergo) every 2 weeks!

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