Reverse-engineering my speakers' API to get reasonable volume control

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287 points jamesbvaughan | 2 comments | 25 Jul 24 15:11 UTC | HN request time: 0.415s | source

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laurencei ◴[27 Jul 24 02:03 UTC] No.41083968[source]▶

Hey OP - if your thinking about a smart knob with haptic feedback etc - check this open source project out that you can build yourself - its amazing:

https://github.com/scottbez1/smartknob

Video demo here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ip641WmY4pA&t=1s

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albert_e ◴[27 Jul 24 04:02 UTC] No.41084367[source]▶

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Wow!

I had dreamed of physical "analog" controls as a standard feature on keyboards and input devices for various applications -- would be great productivity booster for power users.

I wish this catches on and gets mass adoption.

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1. laurencei ◴[27 Jul 24 09:13 UTC] No.41085387[source]▶

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Yeah - me too - I dont have the time/tools to build these myself - but would happily pay for them as a product.

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2. albert_e ◴[29 Jul 24 04:41 UTC] No.41097940[source]▶

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Same

While I wish I had the time and talent to pursue this as a hobby - and I dabbled in PCBs and DIY electronics in youth - life has other plans.

I see some sibling commenta that link to keyboards with a knobs-- that is cool - but I am imagining having access to more than one knob so I have a bank of at least 5-6 knobs, slightly smaller than the DIY project, so I can program them for multiple uses like we do for Function Keys today.

Imagine stream deck with knobs instead of buttons - and available either as a separate USB/wireless device or as a simple "nuneric keypad" / "function keys /media keys" kind of addition to keyboards

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