Cooler Master Debuts the World’s First Analog Keypad (via Kickstarter)
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Toss3
"Alright first this, I don't get it? Why does a company with plenty enough cash flow need to create cash flow from a Kickstarter in the first place?"
To see if there's any genuine interest for such a product. Cheap marketing as well.
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Fox2232
I have really old gaming/work/... pad from Saitek...
Spoiler: "Pro Gamer's Command Unit... before it got renamed and renamed again."
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this one has pressure sensitive keys, like analog stick on a gamepad, does yours do that?
gx-x
Are we talking abut the same thing? pressure sensitive keys that could gradually steer the wheel in a driving game like analog joystick/gamepad/wheel would do?
I am not trying to pick a fight, am just curious since I never seen this kind of "analog" keyboard keys, and my first (DOS) PC was 486 DXII.
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RealNC
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Well, outside of PC, yes... I mean, if you give them 55$ on KS you get the damn thing, but for 55$ I can get a very good wireless gamepad which is much better then this thing imho. Still, this is interesting idea, I wouldn't mind having it on arrow keys so I can use them for the driving games 😛
Trackpad on the side, I don't even understand how that can be analog or any different than any other touch sensitive trackpad (ie. Every laptop since 2000s ...)
stormy
Keypad maybe, but there are a few "analogue" keyboards (more like mechanical with lasers in the switches),
https://www.wooting.nl/
https://www.bloody.com/en/product.php?pid=11&id=111
gx-x
Even neurons are digital in that analogy buddy 🙂 I get what you mean tho.
Fox2232
There are things to be considered. Is analog measurement done via potentiometer or other technology?
How does one recalibrate it?
Since it is analog, one can expect possibility to set custom trigger height. Can it do it?
Does it have custom per key profiling to enable/disable analog behavior?
Irenicus
Fox2232
The Laughing Ma
Why? Oh I get the point but I just don't see why. Most games that require the finesse of control analogue gives you already have better suited peripherals that not only already support analogue control input but just give you better control in general certainly better than any keyboard is going to afford you; flight sims have joystick, driving games have wheels and just about everything else has control pads. a few examples of games that require keyboard are FPS shooters and RTS games neither of which really require the finesse offered by having analogue controls.
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This does not apply to me, but, for some, just having keys with progressive sensitivity is an ok replacement for 3 peripherals. I am fine with gamepad, but joystick and wheel? No. Too costly, too much space, if you can even find a place (especially for a wheel with pedals) for them.
sykozis
How many of you actually read the article before posting?
That's exactly what they're claiming this keypad does....
That "trackpad thingy" is the wrist rest...
There is no track pad on the side. If you read the article and actually looked at the pictures, you'd know that what you guys keep calling a track pad, is a wrist rest.
gx-x
I meant "trackpad ASIDE" , my bad...
Irenicus
Neo Cyrus
This is most definitely not the world's first pressure sensitive keypad. And the price, especially for Kickstarter which typically offer lower than retail prices for early backers, is an absolute joke. It's from Cooler Master anyway, so I wouldn't buy it even if I wanted such an item regardless.
Fox2232
NaturalViolence
I have a feeling a lot of the people commenting here don't know what the word analog means....
A mechanical keyboard is not the same thing as an analog keyboard. It still reads on/off for each key rather than how far down it's depressed.