TB3S trackball A small DIY trackball device, based around an Elite-Pi controller and a PMW3360 sensor: TB3S by Wimads .
KBD.news Published September 13, 2024
Wimads tipped me off about his cute trackball, the TB3S .
TB3S = TrackBall 3 Switches (yeah, I ran out of creativity when I got to deciding the name :P ) – Wimads.
Specs
Elite-Pi controller
PMW3360 sensor
3 switches
3D-printed case
Maccel
This is the device that sparked the maccel project , a mouse acceleration feature for QMK born from the frustration of not having a tweakable acceleration curve that could work between OSes and hosts. Developed by Wimads and @burkfers .
It's been living in the shadows of the bastardkb discord server since a while, but deserves some wider exposure, so anyone with a qmk pointing device like charybdis or a ploopy can benefit from it – Wimads.
It can also be configured through VIA.
Resources
Published on Fri 13th Sep 2024. Featured in KBD #174 .
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