Zen Button

Computers & Mobile Craft & Design Technology
Zen Button

Pete Prodoehl needed a button. A button with a USB connection that would emulate a single keypress. He’s built two now. They’re dead simple: a Teensy USB development board, a cable, a button, and a lovely die-cast aluminum enclosure from Mammoth Electronics. I have no particular need for such a button, but this photo is making me itch to build one of my own.

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I am descended from 5,000 generations of tool-using primates. Also, I went to college and stuff. I am a long-time contributor to MAKE magazine and makezine.com. My work has also appeared in ReadyMade, c't – Magazin für Computertechnik, and The Wall Street Journal.

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