i was not joking

@julialuna 😭

@tthbaltazar hm?

@julialuna cursed

did you have to hammer it in like a nail?

@tthbaltazar no! i just screwed it in, PLA is malleable enough to let me do that, while retaining its shape well enough to just.. be threaded, after screwing into it

this works extremely well

@June yup! same kind of trackpad as used in the steam controller!

@julialuna whaaaaa that's SO COOL i neeeeeed it

@June mouser sells them to end users directly!

@June oh right i forgot to mention what to search for

manufacturer is cirque, model is tm035035

@julialuna so cool!? would love to know more about the whole build it is so cool. it looks amazing.

@June feel free to send me a follow req, i'll be posting updates here

the pcbs are open sourced at https://git.xenua.me/xenua/hydrated
3d printed parts and firmware are WIP

@julialuna SO COOL

@julialuna @June i didn't even know that was a thing you could put on a custom keeb :O

@gbrnt yup, the entire project stack is done by me

pcb sources at https://git.xenua.me/xenua/hydrated , firmware WIP

@julialuna ooh that's even funkier than I expected! What's the reasoning behind the swappable cores? I see the "go" one has three ports, is that for an extra pointing device or something?

@gbrnt the third port is for future expansion;
the reasoning behind the cores is that i want something small and portable while traveling, and a little bit larger when i'm at home

@sungo https://github.com/mitxela/kicad-round-tracks in conjunction with https://github.com/NilujePerchut/kicad_scripts

@sungo i recommend treating the rounding step as post processing, keeping the actual reference "normal" and then just applying rounding + teardrops before exporting

@sungo see also

https://mitxela.com/projects/melting_kicad

https://mitxela.com/projects/melting_kicad_2

@julialuna that makes good sense. thanks :)

@sungo see also:
https://chaos.social/@julialuna/107983502950999551

@julialuna they should you are really fucking good at it imo!