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[M] Ideas for Tetent Concept4

A project log for Tetent [gd0090]

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

kelvinakelvinA 08/09/2023 at 09:480 Comments

[14:00] Since the handheld-ability of Tetent is now less likely, due to Tetrinsic's ball-chain needing a wider turning radius, I was thinking of making this concept a seperate project or calling it #Tetent TestCut [gd0139]. However, as long as it's a device that fits in the space provided by #Teti [gd0022], making it a new concept of Tetent is fine.This is a concept I've had in my mind and quickly just sketched up now because I've got a new Tetrinsic idea and I thought it'll help explain things. 

The new Tetrinsic strategy is to actually have the chain seemingly raised from the surface:

The squares will have MIP LCDs in them, but only on one side as the design is symmetrical. It means that only 2 screens have to be bought.

I'm not a fan of what the side design looks like compared to the first concept idea, but I do like the idea of one long opening slot instead of 4 individual ones:

[16:50] I think I've gotten something that I can accept:

Still though, it's kind of dissapointing that I called this entire project "Tetent" becuause I wanted a tented keyboard and yet a design that allows for tenting is at the bottom of the requirements list. It's just that I rarely work at a desk, and designing for it to work on varying/uneven surfaces sounds like quite a challenge.

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