[Arm-netbook] EOMA-68 laptop Keyboard support improvement pushed

Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton lkcl at lkcl.net
Mon Aug 1 20:31:17 BST 2016


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On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 8:21 PM, Albert ARIBAUD <albert.aribaud at free.fr> wrote:
> Le Mon, 1 Aug 2016 01:15:43 +0100
> Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <lkcl at lkcl.net> a écrit:
>
>>  my point is: if you've activated 2x the amount of keys because you're
>> firing on "rows" (16 activated) instead of "columns (only 8
>> activated), there's now 2x the chance of having a "ghosting" problem.
>
> *At a given time*, yes, you may think that one active column crossing 16
> rows runs twice more chances of ghosting than if it only crosses 8 rows;
> but then, *over the course of a whole scan*,

 logic flaw (i think) - each activation is independent from all
others.  so with 50% the keyboard's keys "activated" if you use
columns instead of rows...

 mmmm it's too much for me to think about.  sorry :)  perhaps best is
to try it, see what happens, after all

l.



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