r/ploopy
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Has anyone put stone balls like amethyst or something on their trackballs? Just pulled the trigger on an adept and I feel like once I come around to modifying it, I’ll first want to try a heavier or different ball material. I’ve eyeballed some stones, could this work?
I’ve heard about the brass ball situation, so maybe not.
u/IKmayne — 12 days ago
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Got my Ploopy Adept last week and immediately assembled it. Everything was working great for a while, then right click stopped working. I checked by pressing the button directly on the board and it didn’t work, so it’s not the buttons on the body. Could it be the result of a bad solder? While I may have plenty of life experience, soldering experience has been very limited.
u/jenningschris — 9 days ago
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New bearings!
Got my new bearings from a shop that sells fishing supplies!
Seller claims that these are "boutique" and has a tight tolerance of 0.005mm. Handles RPM up to 6000RPM WOW.
Does it even matter in an Adept? I don't know haha.
My fairly new stock Adept bearings feels crispy and I didn't like it. Swapped to these and it does eliminate the crispy feel.
Definitely felt more sluggish too. It's probably the thick grease used in the bearings (Or the stock bearings lacked grease).
Well I'm glad this is fun to use now!
u/ducttaperulestheworl — 1 day ago
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Bean Preorder Update, Week 1
We managed to get all of the Early Access units shipped out late last week, and some of them have already arrived in the hands of our supporters. We've already seen some 3D prints and some early revisions of the firmware from the community, which is always nice to see.
The Bean is a unique design in that the hardware and the firmware are both the first of their kind to be used in a QMK-powered application. Because of that, there are some technical risks to iron out.
To that end, our Early Access units allow us to solicit feedback from a wider audience at an early point in time, so we're going to hold off on shipping the first Tier A units for at least two weeks while we gather information. If there are bugs to fix or optimisations to implement, we should be able to within that timeframe.
In the meantime, our shop is cranking out Beans as fast as we can.
Stay tuned.
u/crop_octagon — 1 day ago