[Noisebridge-discuss] FW: Call for One-Button Objects

[Mitch Altman]

This seems like something cool for some people.  They are looking for projects that have one button.  The deadline for submission is March 1st.  So, start pushing that button!

 

Mitch.

 


 
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: info about One-Button Objects
> Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2010 21:36:13 -0800
> From: Heather Kelley <moboid at gmail.com>
> Reply-To: moboid at moboid.com
> To: mitch at cornfieldelectronics.com
> 
> 
> 
> Hi Mitch!
> 
> Here is our Call for One Button Objects:
> http://www.kokoromi.org/gamma4call/one-button-objects/
> 
> For reference here is the Call For Games for the software games:
> http://www.kokoromi.org/gamma4call/
> 
> And here's the site for the one-key button project.
> http://blog.flipwork.nl/?x=entry:entry081009-142605
> 
> The text below is info from the designer of that project, about the
> possibility of adapting his current design to the needs of the event.
> As I mentioned, we are still in the process of selecting games so we
> don't know exactly what controls are going to be used. What we would
> probably do is require the selected game creators to give us revised
> builds that standardize their input keys so that all of the firmware can
> be standardized.
> 
> "Creating multiple versions of the firmware, mapping to different keys
> to support 4 unique players is easily done.
> Another possibility, which I will explore in the coming day(s), is to
> update the project to support 4 switches instead of 1 switch, each
> switch simulating different key-presses. This should be not too
> difficult since there are still 3 unused IO ports in the current design.
> This would allow 4 player games with just one 4-key-keyboard circuit.
> Creating different firmware versions to match the final 6 games is also
> not too big of a hassle, although it would be a lot nicer to have all 6
> games using the same key mappings. Especially when you think of having a
> couple of back-up circuits; the more different firmware versions we
> create, the more different back-up circuits we'll need. (don't worry
> about the reliability though, I have built more than 20 of these
> circuits and I never encountered any failures)
> In terms of durability, there should be no problem, any standard push
> button switch can be interfaced with this circuit, also vandal-resistant
> ones ;-)
> To increase reliability I do suggest to use a standard USB cable to
> connect to the computer instead of the USB-plug made from strip-board
> which I used in the example on my blog. This way the whole circuit can
> be put in a 'black box' and should be able to handle all the abuse.
> I will work tomorrow on the upgrade of the firmware to support 4
> switches, since I realize that there is not a lot of time left for
> development."
> 
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