3D Printable 3D Drawing Stylus for Motion Tracking Systems

EpicJefferson published a full tutorial on how to make Arduino based 3d drawing pen with 3d printed enclosure. It can sedn data to other software like Processing and uses an external motion tracking system (like Optitrack in the video)




Full build guide and all the files can be found at:

http://www.instructables.com/id/Wireless-3D-Drawing-Stylus/?ALLSTEPS

Here you can clearly see the internal electronics, battery and 3d printed shell with motion tracking points on the cap.

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3D Printable Dactyl Ergonomic Keyboard

Matt Adareth developed and released his "Dactyl" ergonomic keyboard under CC license. This open source keyboard is described as “parameterized, split-hand, concave, columnar, ergonomic keyboard.”
As you can see it was 3d printed on a SLS machine but it could be probably made using other machines with some adjustments.

You can see a very interesting presentation by Matt about keyboard design and 3d printing at:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uk3A41U0iO4 (video is not embedable). It is also great to watch if you are into more advanced OpenSCAD environment development.

All the files for it can be found here:

https://github.com/adereth/dactyl-keyboard

Here is a Reddit thread about it:

https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/3vf29t/open_source_release_of_dactyl_keyboard_code/

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3D Printable Chording Handheld Keyboard

Here is a new 3d printable chorded keyboard project that is powered with Arduino Micro and can be used via BLE or USB. It was developed by 24hourengineer who has a nice DIY electronics blog.

Detailed build guide and code can be found at:

http://www.instructables.com/id/Chording-Keyboard-BLE-and-USB/?ALLSTEPS

For a different version take a look at:

http://diy3dprinting.blogspot.com/2014/09/make-your-own-3d-printed-diy-chorded.html

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PrintPut 3D Printable Input Devices and Sensors

PrintPut project developed techniques to use conductive ABS to make 3d printable input devices and sensors.


PrintPut description:

PrintPut is a method for 3D printing that embeds interactivity directly into printed objects. When developing new artifacts, designers often create prototypes to guide their design process about how an object should look, feel, and behave. PrintPut uses conductive filament to offer an assortment of sensors that an industrial designer can easily incorporate into these 3D designs, including buttons, pressure sensors, sliders, touchpads, and flex sensors.

Existing touch solutions, even if flexible, cannot seamlessly wrap around many non-planar objects. Alternatively, using many individual sensors introduces wires that are difficult to manage and impede interaction. PrintPut addresses these concerns by seamlessly integrating interaction points within the existing surface geometry of the object and internally routing the wires to a common connection point.

PrintPut's main components are conductive ABS filament, a dual-extruder 3D printer, and a series of scripts to generate conductive geometry. After a designer makes an object with sensor geometry, they import it into their 3D printer’s build manager and assign the base and conductive geometry to standard and conductive filaments, respectively. Once the object is printed, sensor values can be easily read by connecting it to an Arduino or other microcontroller with alligator clips.

Project homepage:

http://www.hml.queensu.ca/blog/printput

Detailed paper in PDF:

http://www.hml.queensu.ca/s/PrintPut.pdf

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Photo log of 3d printing fully functional mechanical keyboard

Redditor wildpanic posted his build log on /r/3dprinting about his making of fully functional 3d printed mechanical keyboard.
It is printed from two parts due to print surface limitations but the end result looks great!

Here is the full photo build log:



Full Reddit thread about this keyboard is here:

http://www.reddit.com/r/3Dprinting/comments/2zlhs1/3d_printed_mechanical_keyboard/

If you are more interested in chorded keyboard that is more compact and will earn you some serious geek points take a look at:

http://diy3dprinting.blogspot.com/2014/09/make-your-own-3d-printed-diy-chorded.html

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Daily 3d printing - replacement notebook key

3d printable replacement key for notebook keyboard. Nice work. I have several keyboards missing keys. Some fine knifework was needed to clean the part ...

http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:199914 by fckmakerbot

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3D Printed Keyboard with Working Keys

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