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[M] Concept with motorised Tetwin Switches

A project log for Tetent [gd0090]

An input device for quickly entering text and equations, gaming, drawing and cursor/6DoF movement.

kelvinakelvinA 09/09/2022 at 17:342 Comments

Finally, after months, I've got a new Tetent concept.

My first attempt today looked like this:

However, I was imagining what it'll be like (using the #Tetent Timespy [gd0136] as a reference) and my thumb just doesn't go in that direction.

The current concept is 48x96x48mm and has a cutout for Finger5. I haven't yet added things like the screen or speakers yet since I want to make sure that the layout passes first.

But finally... out with the old:

and in with the new:

Wow that difference... It's like the first one came out in 2002 and the current one is the 2020 refresh.

Discussions

kelvinA wrote 08/13/2023 at 11:18 point

2020 refresh? More like 2012.

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kelvinA wrote 09/10/2022 at 10:48 point

I printed it out yesterday, tried it, slept, tried it again and it seems the Timespy layout is the most comfortable. (As in, some mystery muscle in the centre of my palm doesn't start to hurt almost immediately.)

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