We just released some firmware that enables high-resolution scrolling for the Adept. Anybody using an Adept with their Windows or Linux machine can now have pixel-by-pixel scrolling precision, and all you need to do is upload the new firmware, which takes about ten seconds! Here’s a bit more info. We recently released the Knob, which… Continue reading High-resolution scrolling for the Adept
The Knob is here!
The Knob is a stand-alone dial that can be programmed to do anything you want, and it’s available starting today for $49CAD! A high-performance sensor The sensor that’s inside the Ploopy Knob is the formidable AS5600, a magnetic sensor with 12-bits of position resolution. It’s capable of detecting rotational changes small than 1/10th of a… Continue reading The Knob is here!
The Classic 2 is here!
The Classic 2 is a brand new revision of the original Classic, and kits are available today starting at $144CAD! The Classic 2 is just like the original in every way that matters. It’s also a major upgrade for the few things that needed tweaking. USB-C connector That’s right, the Classic 2 has a USB-C… Continue reading The Classic 2 is here!
RP2040: The Little Engine that Could
Sitting at the heart of the Ploopy Headphones preamplifier is a chip called “RP2040”. It’s the microcontroller, or MCU, recently made and released by the Raspberry Pi Foundation. It’s cheap, it’s available, and it punches way above its weight. This post will explain why we chose it for the Headphones preamp, as well as the… Continue reading RP2040: The Little Engine that Could
Using Spring Contact Principles with Chip-PCB Interfaces
This post answers a fairly simple question: how does a person electrically connect a very large number of chips to a very large number of PCBs in the shortest possible amount of time? Without the help of big fancy industrial equipment, that is. The question is simple, but the answer is far from it. I’ll… Continue reading Using Spring Contact Principles with Chip-PCB Interfaces
Unboxing Ploopies
If you get a kit from us, it is highly likely to arrive looking something like this: The box on the left is, indeed, a purpose-made box specifically chosen to ship our kits, and it’s wrapped in a tape that we’ve specifically chosen to inform the recipient that they’re about to receive a Ploopy. It’s… Continue reading Unboxing Ploopies
Our Plans for 2025
Happy New Year to all of our supporters! I’d like to share a few things that we have planned for 2025. Trackpad Preorder So far, we’ve shipped out all of our Tier A preorders, and we plan on shipping out the first Tier B units starting next week. Everyone who purchased on launch day should… Continue reading Our Plans for 2025
Thoughts on the Canada Post Strike
I’m relieved that the Canada Post strike is over, but I’m not happy about it. CP is being pulled in two directions: on the one hand, a race to the bottom where your mail gets delivered on Saturday by mistreated temp workers. On the other, a vision that includes postal banking, social services for aging… Continue reading Thoughts on the Canada Post Strike
False positives on the filament sensor on your Prusa Mk3? Here’s how to fix it.
About two years ago, I started running into a problem with our print farm: the filament sensors on the printers began to fail. It was a very specific failure: the filament sensors started producing erroneous out-of-filament reports. That means that the printer would pause and beep, requesting new filament since it had run out. But… Continue reading False positives on the filament sensor on your Prusa Mk3? Here’s how to fix it.
Headphones and Headbands
We’ve been hard at work on the upcoming Ploopy Headphones, and we’re starting to see some results that are blog-worthy. Today’s episode is about headbands! Headbands, it turns out, are surprisingly tricky because they do a lot of different things. They need to be comfortable, but also stiff enough to create clamping force on the… Continue reading Headphones and Headbands