Whether or not you have got full use of your arms or not, a foot-operated keyboard is a good addition to any setup. In fact, it needs to be much more strong than your common finger-operated keyboard, so building a keyboard into an existing footstool is a great idea.
When [Wingletang]’s common plastic footrest lastly gave up the ghost and break up in twain, they ordered a stronger alternative with a bit of rear compartment meant to carry the foot switches utilized by these typing from dictation. Settling upon modifiers like Ctrl, Alt, and Shift, they went about designing a keyboard based mostly on the ATmega32U4, which does HID communication natively.
For the switches, [Wingletang] used the stomp switches usually present in guitar pedals, together with toppers to make them extra snug and improve the floor space. Moderately than drilling by the highest of the compartment to accommodate the switches, [Wingletang] determined to 3D print a brand new one so they may embody circuit board mounting pillars and a little bit of wire administration. Truthfully, it appears nice with the black facet rails.
If you wish to construct one thing a bit of totally different, try using one of those folding stools.
