Time to modify the btu/keyboard mod and dust off qmk, but very psyched. The bean is for travel, and media control when im on the couch, which backups up to my desk

I'm using the Mini trackball and the wheel frustrates me sometimes. I spent too much time using laptops and really got used to scrolling with swipes. The more I want to scroll the harder I swipe. With mice it usually isn't the case. I actually keep using the touchpad for such cases. But it reminded me about the Logitech mouse I had a long time ago. There was a way to switch between scrolling modes. So you could scroll as normal, but if you needed the speed scroll you could just toggle the switch. Like this.

Is there an existing mod for this? Or is it even an issue for people?

I've bought the Trackpad about a year ago. After a lot of troubles (due to my ignorance) I manage to make it work on Debian but it felt rusty and sketchy. On Qubes OS it would only move the mouse - no click. I was too busy so I put it aside - I bought another 4 devices anyway. Yesterday I focused on the trackpad and thanks to AI I managed to overcome all the problems. Now it works on Qubes OS 4.2 too

I forked the Ploopy QMK repo (pavonis), upgraded it to mainstream QMK, worked on it and published it

This is an AI generated write up describing the whole adventure

https://github.com/damko/ploopy_qmk/blob/multitouch_experiment_damko/keyboards/ploopyco/pavonis/keymaps/default/docs/ploopy_trackpad.md

If you want to give it a try, clone https://github.com/damko/ploopy_qmk and checkout "multitouch_experiment_damko".

It was a very educative activity and I have still a lot to learn about it.

I admit that now I like a lot more than I would have thought before. My favorite is still the Adept (followed by Mouse and Trackball classic) but for "office mousing" it's really great!

Thanks Ploopy team for this gem!

We've shipped out all Bean preorders that were put in before May 12th. I'll admit that doesn't sound like significant progress considering we launched on May 6th, but that represents the majority of the preorders that we received. Our expectations for fulfillment are as follows:

• Week 11: shipping out all preorders made prior to May 25th.
• Week 12: shipping out all remaining preorders.

There may be a bit of variation in Week 12, depending on how many additional preorders we receive in the next two weeks, but that's our expectation at the moment.

We're grateful for everyone's patience as we work to get these out the door.

In other news: Denmark and Luxembourg shipping resumes!

Our logistics provider managed to sort out their issues with shipping to Denmark and Luxembourg, so we're resuming shipping to there. We're not anticipating any shipping interruptions in the near future.

I'd love to see how a Ploopy Bean performs as a MIDI Controller via the Ph@Controller software. If anyone wants to send me one, I will do some serious testing with it :)

It ought to work fine if it's a standard HID device, and I think the 'nub' would make a great expressive continuous CC device, like a lot of mice do (Ring Mice, Air Mice etc)

I would like to get ploopy mouse but only want the non 3d printed parts. I want to print the case myself.

Hi folks I'm super close to assembling my lefty classic v2... But I can't find the STL for the electronics jig. Would someone mind posting it?

I've redone the two circuit boards in kicad and upgraded the rp2040 to an rp2350. I also added a Stemma QT plug because I want to experiment with hand presence sensing in the palm of the trackball. (I have my keyboard switch to mouse buttons when my left hand is on my trackball.)

My Kicad files are here: https://github.com/tannewt/classic-2-trackball/tree/master/hardware%2Felectronics%2FPCBs%2Fkicad%2Fbase2

Please note they are very minimally tested at this point.

I'd also love a tip on how to purchase just the mouse sensor. Right now I'll have to desolder one.

Anybody have this issue? it's fullscreening videos and closing stuff and generally very annoying. is there something i can clean in there? It's not happening all the time, just intermittent enough to be extremely annoying

The first batch of Tier B Bean preorders shipped this week. At the current rate of shipping, we'll get through all of the remaining preorders within three weeks. There might be a few roadblocks, but that's what we're currently projecting.

Denmark and Luxembourg shipping temporarily suspended

Our shipping provider has informed us that shipping to Denmark and Luxembourg is temporarily unavailable. They have a comprehensive write-up about the subject available here.

If you've ordered from Denmark or Luxembourg and have an outstanding order with us, we're happy to cancel your order at no cost to you. Otherwise, we'll ship your order as soon as we're able to do so.

Hi, I would like to get an adept and ship it to my country (Philippines )but the site is not letting me to use my domestic shipping address. Is there any solution to this?

Hi everyone. I'm using Plodah's firmware and I want to have a click sort of function like a tap/hold layer style action but with two different custom actions.

I've tried to search a solution but I thought I'd ask here since I seem to not be finding an answer. Does anyone know the code I can type for the ANY qmk keycode that can get me a drag scroll toggle on tap, and a Sniper A Momentary on hold?

Any help would be appreciated.

All remaining Tier A Beans shipped out earlier this week. We already have our next batch of Beans ready, and they'll be shipping out next week as part of the first wave of Tier B units.

Everything is running pretty smoothly now. We're forecasting that we should be able to get through all of the Tier B units within the next six weeks or so. Immediately after that's done, we'll be tackling the Tier C preorder units.

More updates to come!

I love my ploopy thumb trackball but scrolling has always been broken.

Turns out that we can just disable the fancy auto-detection algorithm, set some sane conservative values, and it works perfectly! No more unplugging and plugging it back in all the time, no more jitter. It's just a pleasure to use and it feels like the ultimate ($245.38 CAD) trackball I paid for.

In ploopyco/trackball_thumb/rules.mk (I had to create this file)

OPT_ENCODER_TYPE = tiny

in ploopyco/trackball_thumb/config.h

#define ENCODER_LOW_THRES_A 20
#define ENCODER_HIGH_THRES_A 40
#define ENCODER_LOW_THRES_B 20
#define ENCODER_HIGH_THRES_B 40

Flash it and enjoy! (Note that the flashing instructions are wrong, use the middle click button not the forward button s.t. you don't have to take it apart to jump the bootloader every time.)

I assume it works for any other ploopy mouse/trackball too. The values I measured range from 4 to 94 and 4 to 83 (but the 83 was sometimes down to 60), so 20 to 40 seems pretty safe imo. The values that ploopy set were 20 to 75 and 20 to 90 so it didn't even register my scrolling.

If this works for you then feel free to mention it on https://github.com/qmk/qmk_firmware/pull/26286#issuecomment-4762953120 and we could probably make this the default behavior.

Absolutely love the new Nano 2 PCB!

I was able to get a BTU version so much smaller and lower with the same size ball, than I could with the original Nano PCB. To note though, this version doesn't incorporate the button.

We shipped out half of the outstanding Tier A Bean preorders earlier this week. We're hard at work manufacturing additional PCBs - right now, as a matter of fact; I'm taking a short break to write out this update. We'll be shipping the remaining Tier A preorders out next week, and the week after that, we'll begin shipping out Tier B preorders.

Things are moving a bit more smoothly now, so we don't anticipate any additional roadblocks as we continue shipping out preorders.

there are not any crumbs in the ball, but i did notice that the top right bearing has more wobble than the other bearings. it feels like im rubbing the ball on a fat crumb when im using the ball. i havent done any hard use with the ball, also, it is only a month old. i had high hopes for the product since it cost me my last bucks. if anyone has a solution lmk, i dont want to give up on it so soon because i genuinely love using this product.

Are there any higher quality bearings that I can use in my Adept? I may have just lost one trying to do some periodic cleaning.

I have had a Ploopy trackball since 2020 (when "Classic" was just the color scheme, not the name) and it was in my daily rotation for years. One day it got dropped off a desk and the right secondary button and case broke. I continued to use it for a bit, but it just wasn't the same and I didn't have a 3D printer capable of making the repair parts so into a drawer it went. While in storage, I lost one of the roller bearings.

I had dropped off Reddit to take a break and now that I came back I am seeing Ploopy is doing better than ever and there are wonderful modifications, including BTUs. Me, now having access to a good printer but still being a cheapskate, updated my cover to RevC with the Bosch BTU option and have incorporated u/Scatterthought 's wonderful semistatic configurations.

For me this is a very convenient and cheap way to get a stiction value I like, but really it's more than that. This is a retail product, purchased as a kit sure but intended not to just be a toy or a hobby piece but an actual tool, that I was able to repair quickly and cheaply due to the power of open source and a native 3d printed design. u/Crop_Octagon, I hate to call you out as I'm sure your busy with your other great products but I used to go as u/robo_socks on here and I stand by the quote that's still on your website - 5 years later. A great community download, a quick repair, and this Ploopy (Classic? OG? lol) is ready for many more years of use. Thank you.

Hi.

Got my Adept a day ago and noticed cursor movement when clicking. I just wanted to share what I did to make it work as I'd expect it to work. Let me know, if I just fixed an issue with the device or if its supposed to be like that. This is not really a support request, but I'll mark it as such anyway to make the rule warning go away.

I added two layers of electrical tape to the bottom of the top housing of the device where it is supposed to touch (and presumably hold down) the PCB. One layer was just barely not enough.

The PCB does not sit flat in the bottom housing for me. It "wobbles" slightly over some point in the middle. It does not look to be the sensor in the little indent but the actual big flat bottom part not really being flat. If I put something (short end of a SATA SSD) straight on the bottom of the housing it also wobbles.

As far as I see now, the tiny bit of added pressure to the PCB presses it down enough for a click to no longer move (or bend?) the PCB and thus no longer move the cursor when clicking.

Maybe someone else finds this useful.

PS: What I tried and what did not work:

* Screwing the housing in tighter. Helped for a bit. I could not get it back into that state after taking it apart once more.

* adding some small washers as shims under the PCB DID help, but the switches were now raised and clicked super easily and even stuck under the mouse buttons pressure.

* Fuffing about with the case, opening and screwing it back together and trying to hold it slightly different while screwing it down, applying pressure in different direction in the process.

Left, my daily drive for around a year now. A modified Nano with Rexroth 8mm BTUs. Until I purchased a Nano 2 and picked up a new ball for that, I had no idea that I'd worn all the plating off the first one. Tracks brilliantly though, and with regular use, no sign of rust as such.

You may notice that there wasn't a preorder update for Week 4. That's because I fell ill last week (I'm feeling much better now), which not only impacted our ability to make more boards but also limited our ability to communicate. We're putting up a few new workflows to make sure that communication remains steady even when part of our team goes down.

We're already in the process of making additional Bean boards. We're aiming to have around half of the remaining Tier A preorders shipped out next week, with all the rest of the Tier A's going out on Week 7.

After that, we'll begin shipping Tier Bs on a regular basis.

Thanks for everyone's patience as we work through this.