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Old 11-05-2021, 08:11 AM   #37
Renate
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Join Date: Feb 2012
Device: Nook NST, Glow2, 3, 4, '21, Kobo Aura2, Poke3, Poke5, Go6
I'm really loving my clicker. Some people may think it's useless to have a remote for something that's within arm's reach. Still, it keeps your fingers off the screen.

One button (just PgDn) would not be sufficient. I'd tried that already with various hacked "selfie" clickers. Two buttons was the minimum (PgUp, PgDn) as I often go back to check what was on the previous page. With auto repeat working it's quite convenient for flipping back a bunch of pages. That's certainly easier than poking/swiping multiple times with your finger! The case I bought comes in 1, 2, 3, 4 button versions but they are all the same case so you might as well have the 4 button version. The "5-way" clicker above had those small buttons that were fairly stiff so you really had to hit them with a thumbnail. For the new clicker I selected the softest touch switches in that series. I push the buttons with the pad of my thumb.

As far as making this available for others, I'm not sure that that will work. The parts are about $25. The Cypress Bluetooth module is a bit of a pain to program (unless you have the recommended $100 programmer (which I don't anyway)). The soldering is not rocket science, but also not for first-time solderers. If I made another I'd switch to 1/32" PCB (from China) and get a pushbutton with a little less height.

Edit: I set the keys to (CCW from upper right) PgDn, PgUp, Menu & Sleep. I just love the sleep button! It sleeps the Poke3 but also turns off the clicker immediately.
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