"the eltago streamdeck"

@chrisw1462

4 жыл бұрын

ROFL...

@psypherlyne4353

4 жыл бұрын

1:09 lol

@OfficialyMax

4 жыл бұрын

i shrivelled when i heard that

@OfficialyMax

4 жыл бұрын

Sounds like an chinese clone of it hahahah

@juschu85

4 жыл бұрын

No, it's called Eltago Streampad

Absolutely amazing video! Thanks for being a part of this project and all your contributions

@AdamWelchUK

4 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you like it, but you've done all the hard work! Cheers

@BenMitro

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks you both!

@Hittingman

4 жыл бұрын

@killian @adam can we get an idea on when the gerber files will be available on github?

@AdamWelchUK

4 жыл бұрын

Marcis Soper they’re all there now in the 3x2 SMD or TH folders

I'm so glad to see a great streamdeck alternative. I have been really needing one but can never seem to cough up the money for it. I've already ordered all the parts...Thanks to all of you for this...

Lovely project! And seems great for anything that might want frequent updates... For stuff one wants to leave alone most of the time, e-ink displays might also be an interesting choice!

Just what I’ve been looking for. I’ve seen the free deck project, ordered the cherry switches, but this takes it to a whole different level. Thank you Adam!

@AdamWelchUK

4 жыл бұрын

Great to hear!

@JamesHughes-photoJames

3 жыл бұрын

@@AdamWelchUK is there a link or search term for the icons?

@JamesHughes-photoJames

3 жыл бұрын

Found some icons (not as easy of a search as you would think) and completed the build. I made my own case, 3D printed base and laser cut mirror plexi for the face. Not sure if I can put a link in here but let's see if it works. photos.app.goo.gl/9DKc5QJAYyiQJF1g7 this is a shared album with a picture of my finished product.Note that the top left screen isn't working. I think it is either shorted out or defective. When I have time I'm going to pull the board out of the case and try putting a piece of paper between the screen and the button as was suggested in the discord. For now it doesn't affect the function and if any screen were to be bad, that is the best one.

Those little screens are neat. I wish I still had the full use of my hands. These sorts of projects always look fun to do. Great video. Cheers.

Such a fun project! Amazing work!

Thanks for the guide and all the information! This is awesome Adam.

thank you for your great work Adam, I have ordered both of your PCBs - TH and SMD and am excited about building them - also going to show my gratitude by being a Patreon

@AdamWelchUK

4 жыл бұрын

Yay! That’s great. Thanks very much. What colour are you pcbs?

@thinkhelpservice

4 жыл бұрын

@@AdamWelchUK I ordered the black PCBs of both - is there/will there be any videos on building the SMD version Adam?

Wow! Excellent project and great video, Adam! Really enjoyed watching it and inspired me to look further into this :) keep it up!

Got the black pcb version of this from JLC PCB in the mail today. This was my first time using a pcb manufacturing service and I’m pleasantly surprised at the quality. Can’t wait to make my own Freedeck once I’ve got all the components in the mail.

This is brilliant. Great job. Thanks for sharing all this goodness.

finally my SMD & TH boards I ordered came in - had every intention of making the SMD version first but quickly realised that maybe I should have ordered the paste mask plate as well - so I built the through hole version instead, and have to say that if anyone else is thinking of building do the TH verision much easier. Happy to report that it mostly worked, have OLED 1 & 3 not illuminating for me and after do few tests think it maybe they are DOA so will need to remove and replace - which is not going to be fun but such is life! thanks for designing and sharing your work Adam your a clever guy!

@AdamWelchUK

3 жыл бұрын

Best of luck with the screens. Glad it’s working in the main. I’ve just designed the pcb, the rest is down to Killian and his helpers. Thanks for posting your progress.

Nice build. You can use a plexiglass top cover for a streamlined look. C cuts for every button, leaving the hinge side uncut or, better, partially cut. You can combine it with a nice sticker mask or play with plexiglass transparency. Carving finger placement dots is also an option. Mount it with magnets for clean look.

Nice little project and loved the screen peel extra at the end.

@AdamWelchUK

4 жыл бұрын

:-)

Brilliant, thank you! Can't wait to try this!

Great video as ever, love how the board looks.

@AdamWelchUK

4 жыл бұрын

Cheers Colin. Thanks for pointing me in this direction. It sits on my desk at work and is becoming very handy!

Excellent project 👍

I made a project very similar to this one a few years ago. If I remember correctly OBS has a websocket plugin. I used a TV box running Node red and the Dashboard add on. That way I had a locally hosted webpage that I could use to control OBS (I used a old phone). I considered using a Arduino and board as the tactile feedback would have been nice. Your project is more impressive. Great video.

The end was really cute and made me laugh (savoring the peeling). I totally agree! :D

@AdamWelchUK

4 жыл бұрын

Six at the same time is a luxury.

amazing, I need to try this build one day

Very neat design!

That was really cool, thank you!

This looks great! I have to make one

15:50 - its not Crucial but it is Transcend ;)

@AdamWelchUK

4 жыл бұрын

Ha! Very good :-)

Watched the tutorial, stayed for the peel, nice!

fascinating! I'm definitely going to give this a try!

this project is now really starting to get that more consumer look to it, will be intresting to see where it goes next, one big improvement i could see would be a switch to a colour panel (driver: ST7735) or maybe even just some clear caps that can go over the screen like what the elgato has which can instead directly push the switch rather than flexing the whole display

This is very very cool. great video :)

I would've put one switch on each of the bottom corners, and wire them in parallel. It also provides the neglected support for the bending on the glass, when you push on the corners. the holes on the enclosure, will also make a great alignment jig when it comes time to solder them onto the PCB. Thanks for the inspirations.

Awesome! I'm going to built it. Thanks

hey adam, after seeing your video i was rather inspired to make this myself. first time ordering a bare PCB. hope it goes well. thanks for the tips. great video

@AdamWelchUK

2 жыл бұрын

Excellent. I’m pleased you’ve tried something new based on one of my videos! Good luck with the next steps!

Great video 👍 I'm going to build for myself and daughter

yeah, that's on the top of the to do list for me.

Great video Adam! Seems like a good alternative to a streamdeck. I just ordered a few touch screens to try and do the same thing....

@AdamWelchUK

4 жыл бұрын

Great - looking forward to seeing your progress Dustin.

Awesome project.

A great start to work

definitely making me one of these

I very like your job man.

I am designing my own, and was looking for inspiration. You've done a good job. However, I need mine to be in full color, so I opted to go with these; "10PCS 0.96 inch TFT Display 8P SPI HD 65K Full Color LCD Module ST7735 Drive IC 80*160" If you google that, you'll see other sizes. At around $2.50 each, they are a pretty damn good deal for something that didn't even exist 5 years ago! I kinda like the elongated look. Specially if mounted vertically. I wanted to buy one, it was industrial, with industrial pricing and in Japanese!

@tobimai4843

4 жыл бұрын

Also TFT doesnt have burn in, these small OLEDs have rather bad Burn-in

@georgeeden5835

4 жыл бұрын

Is there a space where we can follow you on this project?

@jeroenritmeester73

3 жыл бұрын

Hey, can you explain how you made this project?

@rupert274

3 жыл бұрын

The owner of the github says the Arduinos don't have enough processing power to do full colour displays but I guess that the stm32f103c8t6 (blue pill) might.

well done mate.

Cool, this could change things , and you made tiny touch screens, cool!

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Hello Other Adam. Thanks for this, link this with Andrais's spinner and we now have a sweet editing streaming deck! Thanks mate and subbed!

@AdamWelchUK

4 жыл бұрын

Cheers Adam. I think this video benefitted from his HID video released just 36 hours later :-) Great to have you along.

that's nice, i'm thinking about to do this.

Brilliant!

Pretty cool

What a brilliant idea Adam and Kilian. It certainly started me thinking...android phone or iPhone, key images, touch detection, bluetooth or wifi connection to PC/Laptop...presto no hardware to build! Could be more universal too if it connected with some library on a RPi...just some thoughts and a thankyou to you both.

@antontaylor4530

4 жыл бұрын

You're describing "Matric". Or "Roccu Power Grid" - although I don't think that's maintained anymore. Possibly you could use "Unified Remote". Depends on exactly what you're trying to do. I use Matric to execute scripts in Elite Dangerous (request docking etc) and Unified Remote to control my HTPC. Both have shortcomings, and a "real" button is just so much nicer to work with.

@tin2001

4 жыл бұрын

Touch screens are no good for blind pressing. Real buttons you can feel for while looking at something else.

@antontaylor4530

4 жыл бұрын

@@tin2001 I've now built a USB numpad into a Photoshop keyboard shortcut pad, and another into an elite dangerous keypad. Much better, imo. LUAmacros converts the keys into whatever keyboard shortcuts or scripts I need. I may end up building an 18 screen version of this thing though.

You should make a part 2 to show how to expand to more screens

Look great ! A home button seem to be a great idea for being able to use 6 pages of 6 buttons instead of 5.

I wonder how long it will be before someone knocks this off (just like your battery tester design!). Great effort, thanks for sharing! A great idea and a lot cheaper than the commercially available design - all we need now are cheap colour screens!

Nice vid. Wanna make this now.

Nice video! Print the lid first and you've got a template to assist aligning the screens for soldering 👍

I've seen lots of other Elgato style budget builds, but this one, to me at least, is the cleanest. Ordered my PCB's and parts today and cant wait (30 - 90 days) to get started. (might as well build 5 since I have to buy a min of 5 boards) lol. Purchased my .96 LCD's in white, hopefully that doesn't screw anything up :S

superb

Several of these would also be good for simulation games such as flight sims.Instead of locating the correct key on the keyboard for those you have not mapped to your flight controls, you could use these, once could even be used to engage a background mp3 player, to play back in cabin announcements, saftey breifings and other fluff that just adds to the experience when flying :) Oh, and F13 doesn't exist on a PC keyboard, or at leas on not many, but those of us lucky enough to own a full sized mac computer keybvoard has keys going up to F15. Mine are mapped to Autopilot controls in the sim, and microphone select / TX when working with my amateur radio software (swapping microphones in effect changes from one radio to the next).

@AdamWelchUK

4 жыл бұрын

That’s a great idea. I use F13-24 on my previous macro keypads to trigger auto hot key functions where programs aren’t customisable in that way. There’s loads of combinations you can use control+f24 shift+Ctrl+f21 etc. etc.

very cool

Oh, I just made the same one. You should use 0.42 inch display. They are awesome.

Adam: Talking about the Macro KeyPad Me: hehe bug in the chrome key

This is a great project and I've been thinking about similar macropads too. One idea I'm going to steal is the sd card with configuration. However, it's usually a good idea to have a switch to disable the keyboard/mouse functions because otherwise you can end up in a situation where you can't flash it over usb anymore if it's trying to send keypresses all of the time. Actually you could do that easily by disabling the output when the sd card is removed. Another option worth considering is using a dedicated i2c multiplexer like TCA9548A although it's probably more expensive but possibly simpler in other respects. Also a i2c gpio extender like PCF8574 or MCP23017 might also be more flexible, e.g. if you want a switch matrix rather than up to 8 parallel switches. Again probably slightly more expensive too, but the oleds, micro and pcb are your biggest costs.

VERY nice. I love those little OLED screens and I was thinking of doing something similar with a Pi Zero. Do you worry that the "hinge" for the display-buttons is the soldered headers? I wonder if solder will crack over time with both the torque and the downward pressure on the joint. Of course it wouldn't be that hard to use stranded wire and put a block of material at the top edge of the screens if necessary. Subscribed.

Hey buddy. There is a bug on the bottom left key cap going round the circle from 0:15 and onwards. Make sure that there are no others.

@YuriST

4 жыл бұрын

As a programmer, i was trying to find another kind of bug... Forgot that real life also has bugs

@diegoleao

4 жыл бұрын

Or, make sure there are more bugs, and bet on them

A great project really well done. Would be good to have a separate physical back button so you don't loose a screen on every page to the back arrow.

@AdamWelchUK

4 жыл бұрын

That’s possible. It’s also possible to use the press and hold function to go back a page too, but I didn’t show that in my demo. :-/

9:55 love the idea of the screens pressing onto the switches. maybe you can find switches who are a small bit higher ? also I was thinking of a design where capacitive touch OLEDs are used but that would raise the cost deerly I guess :)

@SidneyCritic

4 жыл бұрын

You can glue a plastic space behind the screen to level then, but yes capacitive touch OLED is better.

@MikeMcRoberts

4 жыл бұрын

Do you have any examples of capacitive touch screens of this kind of size?

@headbanger1428

4 жыл бұрын

SidneyCritic ComedyHound I was thinking same with the gluing of plastic. The capacitive touch would be OK with me as long as the box of the button had haptic feedback. I grew up on tactile IBM click keyboards. In a large office, you could lose some of your hearing over time :D Regardless that tactile feedback and sound was badass. OK maybe sound not good with this application, but definitely some haptic feeling for the user, so technically could click it blind, especially if it featured a transparent Braille like just for the number position of the button (would also expect the Braille to change lol!). You can see a marker used now on keyboards on the F and J keys on ASCII keyboards for those typing as trained, following the “home row”.

@nodustechnologies3989

4 жыл бұрын

then again. you could fit the hole keyboard an more on a TFT.

@constantinosschinas4503

2 жыл бұрын

@@nodustechnologies3989 basically buy a cheap smartphone and use it as remote.

Done a button touch screen too. Fortunately it does not need much clicking :)

This is a great project, I really like it! A quick question, why is the SD card needed? Is it because all the images would not fit into the flash memory of the arduino? Thank you!

oh look at that, I built something similar with some sanwa switches I had laying around and an arduino

Quite amazing what can be done today so cheaply although it obviously requires almost a decade of experience to be able to both code the software and then design all the hardware along with it.

Such a cool project. Thanks for this Adam. Have you posted the STL files for the case anywhere?

@AdamWelchUK

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah the case used in this video is available here: www.thingiverse.com/thing:4511644

cool, i already have bunch of those screens and promicro waiting for me to do exactly the same thing. this simplifies the process a lot, thanks! i've been wondering about how well does those screens take the pressure from fingers, should i shield them with thin plexiglass or something? how about adding some "screen saver" features like movin screen content a bit or reversing colors or something to lessen oled burning?

@constantinosschinas4503

2 жыл бұрын

Since the oleds are essentialy hinges, you can lasercut the top cover on a top plexiglass cover. Every cut will be C shaped, leaving the hinge uncut, ot partially cut. you could also carve some dots for finger placement.

Nice job. Do you know how the screens are addressed in the code? As far as I'm aware all of those screens share the same I2C address.

Amazing video! I would like to make my own version with different number of screens and different layout. Can you please explain how the configurator website works? And how can I make something more customizable for myself?

Looks like a mechanical disaster - pressing the button through the display, flexing everything. Does everything still work?

@Rustaceann

3 жыл бұрын

I have done something similar to this, and those screens are made of thin glass and can crack from being handled roughly, especially in the corners. Perhaps using a clear plastic button-top to go over it would be better, but I haven't personally been able to find a suitable one on any of the usual websites.

great job man but have you made any PCBs or 3D enclosures for more keys

Cool

wow I didn't know this was a new video lol

Awesome project, and a great open source version of the Stream Deck. I'd be curious to find out if you could create a capacitive touch version with some basic TTp-223 chips, and a pad integrated into the PCB BEHIND the OLED screen. The sensitivity of the capacity could be tuned to trigger when a finger is touching the OLED, i.e. hovering over the capacitance pad of the PCB? Wonder if that would work and the OLED doesn't interfere with the signal too much?? Great work though, love it!

@AdamWelchUK

4 жыл бұрын

Cheer Stephen. I think this is worth investigating and I bought some of the ICs David was playing with a few weeks ago with this in mind. I’m inclined to think that the distance, the components mounted on the back of the screen and the screen itself may be too much to deal with for a touch sensor. But it’ll be fun trying :-)

@ericvauwee4923

2 жыл бұрын

@@AdamWelchUK Check out the cap sense capabilities, they are well documented

Very neat project Adam. Strikes me that it's almost a waste having one screen button as a page shift, are there any extra lines spare to have a couple of plain hardware buttons to do that?

@AdamWelchUK

4 жыл бұрын

Yes there are a few pins left - I think Killian fancies adding a rotary encoder. The configurator has the long press functionality built in, so you could always have the top left button programmed to go up a level on a long press and use the button for something more useful on each page already.

0:14 So now one sees the little bug in the Chrome button walking a marathon?

@AdamWelchUK

4 жыл бұрын

I caught him in the edit - I was tempted to run a little section of it in reverse to see if anyone noticed :-)

@TimYo187

3 жыл бұрын

lol i had to look an see if anyone else saw that, i thought i was trippin 😂

@commentingsaguaro

3 жыл бұрын

I think that thats the OBS Studio button

@bobgoldman4404

3 жыл бұрын

I can’t see. It

@GogitoGTHD

3 жыл бұрын

@@bobgoldman4404 little black dots moving through the engraving

Hello, on the page for the oled, there's a "new" version. Do you see a possible proble to use it or the 4 pins is what important ? Thanks

I was thinking for a long time about something similar but with a password manager like keepass2 in mind, how complex do you think it would be? Maybe too much for the arduino?

@Adam Welch I am about to finish this project by myself and I have a question. What screw size is used to hold the components together? Btw it is a cool starter project keep going!

great, neat project :-) is coda available for bigger decs? e.g. 18 like on elgato stream deck pro?

subbed, like your channel, but wish you did a video on the 3d printed macro keyboard you did.. struggling to build one here

great

Is there a ready to use project to make one with more buttons?

0:05 i love that minecraft and fortnite are in the same column

Such an amazing project ❤ I've been looking for this for a long time. Is there any way to use touch sensors instead of tactile switches ? Because the slight bend of screen when pressing the button will break it after some time

@AdamWelchUK

4 жыл бұрын

I don't have much experience with touch sensors to say whether this would be possible. I think that movement could be an area for failure, but I will need to use it for a good period of time to report back on that.

@SimonCoates

4 жыл бұрын

Have you considered using a Nextion screen. They're a full colour TFT touchcreen which is easily programmed as a standalone HMI device and good value.

Blob of silicone on top of each switch at the final fitting to take up the gap, and fit the screens into the case to use it as an alignment tool? I appreciate in your instance the case was probably designed and printed after all the soldering was done...

Just wondering if there is a way to use it with tmk or qmk and then use an Arduino micro for the key images

Could this be scaled up to do more screens?

Nice job. Are you selling the PCBs?

What type of display did you use?, Because if you look on the back there is address setting resistors, you can tell this by them being 0 ohms. I'm not sure how many addresses can be done using them but for 6 displays it should of been enough.

Adam, any chance of editing the thingiverse files to add a fillet to the edges of the top? The outer edge and the buttons?

For less soldering, How about a touch screen monitor and a raspberry pi? With the added advantage of making custom colored buttons of any size, and all the programming can be done right on the pi.

Great Project and super video, any idea when the gerbers are ready?

@AdamWelchUK

4 жыл бұрын

They’ve been pulled into the github repository. I’ve tested both the through hole and surface mount versions.

@dartfrogdk

3 жыл бұрын

@@AdamWelchUK Can you send a link to the gerbers, i still cant find them

Hi, great project ! i recieved the parts but got the pins of the OLED screends on this order VCC, GND, SCL, SDA instead of GND, VCC, SCL, SDA. Is this a problem ? should i order new screens with the the goods pins order or is this ok ? Thank you for your help.

I wonder if a stack of a bigger screen, a pcb with smd switches and cutouts for images, as well as small pieces of glass or acrylic to press on those switches could be better and cheaper than individual display per button.

@AdamWelchUK

4 жыл бұрын

It’s be interesting to see the comparison.

@Ascania

4 жыл бұрын

This is pretty much how the Streamdeck does it. Albeit with some custom switch construction in the rims of the acrylic button caps. Makes it cheaper to manufacture, keeps the pressure off the LCD and is somewhat more reliable registering clicks regardless of where on the button you put your finger. But with ST7789 1.3" displays under $2 a pop in single quantities I'm not too worried about hitting the price range of larger displays for the quantites I use in any one construction. Additionally, they allow me making my button pads in uncommon shapes too without much hassle.

Do you know about NKK Switches 'Smart Display' series? I guess there pretty ass expensive for hobby projects at about 35 quit a pop. But they have it all integrated into one switch housing and I'd also suspect amazing switches at that price...

what do you think about a version that uses low profile cherry switches instead of surface mounted buttons?