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Re:Keyboard lets people type so fast it’s banned from typing... by artiii on Thursday January 06, 2022 @07:54PM (#29833145)
multiplexed row/col is not problem here. By adding more components (1 normal diode per key) you can detect all pressed keys. Normal keyboard can detect even 4 keys (not all combination ofc) by clever design.
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Re:Keyboard lets people type so fast it’s banned from typing... by megous on Friday January 07, 2022 @02:45PM (#29843766)
Yes, but that's usually limited to modifier keys. This app expects the user to use multi-letter key combos, which the keyboards usually don't support. I have several normal keyboards at home and none can deal with that.
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