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diff --git a/blog/thors-hammer/index.html b/blog/thors-hammer/index.html index d012aad..2bbea5e 100644 --- a/blog/thors-hammer/index.html +++ b/blog/thors-hammer/index.html @@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ <a href="/projects/" title="Projects">Projects</a> <a href="/about/" title="About">About</a> </div> + <div class="search"> + <div id="search"></div> + </div> <div class="external"> <a href="https://git.jaseg.de/" title="cgit">cgit</a> <a href="https://github.com/jaseg" title="Github">Github</a> @@ -32,14 +35,14 @@ </ul> <strong>2018-05-03</strong> </header> - <main> + <main data-pagefind-body> <div class="document"> <p>In case you were having an inferiority complex because your friends' IBM Model M keyboards are so much louder than the shitty rubber dome freebie you got with your pc... Here's the solution: Thor's Hammer, a simple typing cadence enhancer for <a class="reference external" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PS/2_port">PS/2</a> keyboards.</p> -<figure> +<figure data-pagefind-ignore> <video controls loop> <source src="video/thors_hammer.mov" type="video/h264"> <source src="video/thors_hammer.webm" type="video/webm"> @@ -56,13 +59,13 @@ want to send data. In case of a keyboard that's the case when a key is pressed o LED state, otherwise the clock line is silent. We ignore the LED activity for now as it's generally coupled to key presses. By just triggering an NE555 configured as astable flipflop we can stretch each train of clock pulses to a pulse a few tens of milliseconds long that is enough to actuate the solenoid.</p> -<figure> +<figure data-pagefind-ignore> <img src="images/thors_hammer_schematic.jpg" alt="The schematic of the PS2 driver"> <figcaption>The schematic of the driver stretching the PS/2 clock pulses to drive the solenoid.</figcaption> </figure><p>Since PS/2 sends each key press and key release separately this circuit will pulse twice per keystroke. It would be possible to ignore one of them but I figure the added noise just adds to the experience.</p> <p>Built on a breadboard, the circuit looks like this.</p> -<figure> +<figure data-pagefind-ignore> <img src="images/thors_hammer_breadboard.jpg" alt="The circuit built on a breadboard"> <figcaption>The completed circuit built up on a breadboard and attached to a keyboard.</figcaption> </figure><p>Since my solenoid did not have a tensioning spring I used a rubber band and some vinyl tape to make an adjustable @@ -76,13 +79,18 @@ board as shims between the plunger and the case to limit the plunger's travel in / <a href="/about/">About</a> / <a href="/imprint/">Imprint</a> </footer> -<script> +<script src="/pagefind/pagefind-ui.js"></script> + <script> if(navigator.getEnvironmentIntegrity!==undefined)document.querySelector('body').innerHTML=`<h1>Your browser contains Google DRM</h1>"Web Environment Integrity" is a Google euphemism for a DRM that is designed to prevent ad-blocking, and which Google has forced into their browsers against widespread public opposition. In support of an open web, this website does not function with this DRM. Please install a browser such as <a href="https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/">Firefox</a> that respects your freedom and supports ad blockers.`; + + window.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', (event) => { + new PagefindUI({element: "#search", showSubResults: true}); + }); </script> </body> </html> |