<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi there,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks for all the feedback!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Justin: </div><div class="">- I saw an e-ink keyboard concept last week - still not sure if it’s vapourware or not: <a href="http://www.solidsmack.com/design/new-sonder-e-ink-keyboard-changes-hot-keys-as-you-change-digital-tools/" class="">http://www.solidsmack.com/design/new-sonder-e-ink-keyboard-changes-hot-keys-as-you-change-digital-tools/</a> If I could get hold of the buttons they’re using for that keyboard it would be pretty cool!</div><div class="">- What button sets would you need?</div><div class="">- I haven’t heard of HDMI-CEC before, googled it and realised that it’s because I don’t have a “smart” TV and because every manufacturer has a different name for it (EasyLink, SimpLink, Aquos Link, Bravia Sync etc. etc.)</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Ceri: I should’ve mentioned in my original post that I don’t want to use a touch screen, as I prefer physical buttons that can be pressed without having to look at the screen and give some haptic feedback so that you know when you pressed them. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Richard: Images like this one were the inspiration for this project:</div><div class=""><img apple-inline="yes" id="D88DF481-FF23-49EC-BB90-FBD385A75B7F" height="356" width="658" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:AF011C45-7D1E-41B8-9203-D6054138A8BF" class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 20 Jun 2015, at 13:36, Justin Mitchell <<a href="mailto:justin@discordia.org.uk" class="">justin@discordia.org.uk</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="">A touch sensitive layer with an eink display would be great, it would only consume power when changing the layout, and you'd get complete freedom of what buttons you had.<br class=""><br class="">As for me a useful universal remote would need quite diverse button sets, as fit example the surround amp has quite different controls to the sky box.<br class=""><br class="">Much of the need for such a remote has been killed by the HDMI-CEC standards, but there still a few devices that don't behave<br class=""><br class="">On 20 Jun 2015 12:41 pm, Ceri Clatworthy <<a href="mailto:ceri.clatworthy@gmail.com" class="">ceri.clatworthy@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><br class="">What about using the touchscreen from Nintendo DS. .or simmla. ..<br class="">No actual buttons a glossy picture underneath. . Over acrilic. .. So you can still have illumination. .. siluett cutout (laser) <br class="">Bit more code for touch screen. But only 4 I/O.<br class=""><br class="">Although does affect shape<br class=""><br class="">On 20 Jun 2015 12:32, "Ceri Clatworthy" <<a href="mailto:ceri.clatworthy@gmail.com" class="">ceri.clatworthy@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><br class="">If you had a recent android phone. <br class="">Then there is an app to be a tv video dvd remote control. ...<br class=""><br class="">Did I mention I like android 😊<br class=""><br class="">On 19 Jun 2015 22:22, "Richard Morgan" <<a href="mailto:richard.morgan@avocation.co.uk" class="">richard.morgan@avocation.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><br class="">A family member is elderly and struggles with the need to use the TV REMOTE to change the source and then the SKY REMOTE to manage the channels - having a single remote covering all her needs would be great.<br class=""><br class="">I would be interested in using this.<br class=""><br class="">Thanks Gerrit<br class=""><br class="">On Fri, 19 Jun 2015 at 17:07 Emyr Morris <<a href="mailto:em@preseli.com" class="">em@preseli.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><br class="">great project! Love it<br class=""><br class="">On 19 June 2015 at 16:58, Gerrit Niezen <<a href="mailto:gerrit.niezen@gmail.com" class="">gerrit.niezen@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><br class="">The problem<br class="">I have three different remote controls that I use to control my TV, Tivo and NowTV, and I only use a few buttons on each one of these remotes. What I would like is a minimal, customisable remote control that can replace the other three for most tasks.<br class=""><br class="">Existing solutions<br class="">Universal remotes are cheap but mostly crap and have too many buttons. The Logitech Harmony remotes seem the easiest to use, but they're in the £100 range and still have a lot of buttons. <br class=""><br class="">My suggested solution<br class="">An open-source hardware remote where you can customise the buttons depending on your needs, for example by milling your own based on a button template. The remote should be easy to program, by pointing existing remotes at infrared receiver on the custom remote.<br class=""><br class="">Possible improvements<br class="">- LEDs inside buttons that light up when they can be used (that is, <a href="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/161666687066" class="">http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/161666687066</a>). For example, if I'm in TV mode, the "back" button isn't going to work, but the up/down buttons should light up so that I can change channels.<br class="">- Using bamboo for the enclosure - a piece of 50cm-wide bamboo can be halved to make a semi-circular shape that fits in your hand.<br class=""><br class="">What I've done so far<br class="">- Got the infrared diode and receiver working on an Arduino<br class="">- Recorded infrared signals from my three different remotes and successfully sent them again<br class="">- Cut some bamboo to see if the shape will work<br class="">- Drew some crude pictures of what it will look like (attached)<br class=""><br class="">Next steps<br class="">- Is anyone at Swansea Hackspace interested in helping me develop this further?<br class="">- Would anyone be interested in buying one of these if we make more than one?<br class=""><br class="">Cheers,<br class="">Gerrit<br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class="">_______________________________________________<br class="">Hackspace mailing list<br class=""><a href="mailto:Hackspace@swansea.hackspace.org.uk" class="">Hackspace@swansea.hackspace.org.uk</a><br class="">http://swansea.hackspace.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hackspace<br class=""><br class=""></blockquote><br class=""><br class=""><br class="">-- <br class="">This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed.<br class=""> <br class="">Mae'r e-bost hwn ac unrhyw ffeiliau a drosglwyddir gydag ef yn gyfrinachol ac at ddefnydd yr unigolyn neu'r corff y cyfeiriwyd hwy atynt yn unig.<br class="">_______________________________________________<br class="">Hackspace mailing list<br class=""><a href="mailto:Hackspace@swansea.hackspace.org.uk" class="">Hackspace@swansea.hackspace.org.uk</a><br class="">http://swansea.hackspace.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hackspace<br class=""></blockquote><br class=""><br class="">_______________________________________________<br class="">Hackspace mailing list<br class=""><a href="mailto:Hackspace@swansea.hackspace.org.uk" class="">Hackspace@swansea.hackspace.org.uk</a><br class="">http://swansea.hackspace.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hackspace<br class=""><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote>_______________________________________________<br class="">Hackspace mailing list<br class=""><a href="mailto:Hackspace@swansea.hackspace.org.uk" class="">Hackspace@swansea.hackspace.org.uk</a><br class="">http://swansea.hackspace.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hackspace<br class=""></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>