Comments on: silicone keypad prototype! http://www.beatseqr.com/blog/2010/05/19/silicone-keypad-prototype/ putting the fun back in making beats Sun, 24 Apr 2011 08:26:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: stevecooley http://www.beatseqr.com/blog/2010/05/19/silicone-keypad-prototype/comment-page-1/#comment-42 stevecooley Fri, 04 Jun 2010 21:20:20 +0000 http://www.beatseqr.com/blog/2010/05/19/silicone-keypad-prototype/#comment-42 right, I'm using an LED Tact button under the keypad. I'd prefer to have a more advanced system, but keypads using the technology you mention cost thousands of dollars just to produce any quantity. Maybe if I get a bunch of customers it will make sense, but until then, I'm looking into doing what I can at home. right, I'm using an LED Tact button under the keypad. I'd prefer to have a more advanced system, but keypads using the technology you mention cost thousands of dollars just to produce any quantity. Maybe if I get a bunch of customers it will make sense, but until then, I'm looking into doing what I can at home.

]]> By: stevecooley http://www.beatseqr.com/blog/2010/05/19/silicone-keypad-prototype/comment-page-1/#comment-34 stevecooley Fri, 04 Jun 2010 14:20:20 +0000 http://www.beatseqr.com/blog/2010/05/19/silicone-keypad-prototype/#comment-34 right, I'm using an LED Tact button under the keypad. I'd prefer to have a more advanced system, but keypads using the technology you mention cost thousands of dollars just to produce any quantity. Maybe if I get a bunch of customers it will make sense, but until then, I'm looking into doing what I can at home. right, I'm using an LED Tact button under the keypad. I'd prefer to have a more advanced system, but keypads using the technology you mention cost thousands of dollars just to produce any quantity. Maybe if I get a bunch of customers it will make sense, but until then, I'm looking into doing what I can at home.

]]> By: diyorgtfo http://www.beatseqr.com/blog/2010/05/19/silicone-keypad-prototype/comment-page-1/#comment-33 diyorgtfo Thu, 03 Jun 2010 23:56:41 +0000 http://www.beatseqr.com/blog/2010/05/19/silicone-keypad-prototype/#comment-33 how did you use this keypad? since there is no embedded conductive carbon, i assume they are depressing mechanical switches? can you embed leds somehow? how did you use this keypad? since there is no embedded conductive carbon, i assume they are depressing mechanical switches? can you embed leds somehow?

]]> By: stevecooley http://www.beatseqr.com/blog/2010/05/19/silicone-keypad-prototype/comment-page-1/#comment-24 stevecooley Thu, 20 May 2010 19:17:03 +0000 http://www.beatseqr.com/blog/2010/05/19/silicone-keypad-prototype/#comment-24 I'm using a <a href="http://buildyourcnc.com" rel="nofollow">buildyourcnc.com</a> blacktoe 2'x4' ... and it's pretty awesome. :) So far it seems to run very consistently, no loss of steps, no backlash, repeatable gcode runs. <br><br>What I'm discovering is that your experience with a CNC mill or router will be greatly affected by your ability to use CAM software. If your CNC machine is running correctly, it should be the least interesting part of what you're doing, and you'll spend most of your time setting up tool paths in your CAM software. So, the CNC router is a blacktoe, and my CAM software is Sheetcam, and finally, I'm using Mach3 to interpret gcode to the breakout board. I'm using a buildyourcnc.com blacktoe 2'x4' … and it's pretty awesome. :) So far it seems to run very consistently, no loss of steps, no backlash, repeatable gcode runs.

What I'm discovering is that your experience with a CNC mill or router will be greatly affected by your ability to use CAM software. If your CNC machine is running correctly, it should be the least interesting part of what you're doing, and you'll spend most of your time setting up tool paths in your CAM software. So, the CNC router is a blacktoe, and my CAM software is Sheetcam, and finally, I'm using Mach3 to interpret gcode to the breakout board.

]]> By: Ryan http://www.beatseqr.com/blog/2010/05/19/silicone-keypad-prototype/comment-page-1/#comment-23 Ryan Thu, 20 May 2010 18:52:48 +0000 http://www.beatseqr.com/blog/2010/05/19/silicone-keypad-prototype/#comment-23 What cnc are you using? How do you like it? What cnc are you using? How do you like it?

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