Stealth DDR Pad

vesper · Trick Member Joined: 06 Dec 2005

I stumbled across this page, sorry if it's been posted before:

http://sprite.student.utwente.nl/~jeroen/projects/ddr-mat/

I think it's a great idea

ceraf · Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 6:16 pm Post subject:

i think i'm going to take a stab at this...i just need to know how to wire that up.

Pie~ · Trick Member Joined: 08 Feb 2006 Location: California

It certainly is an interesting idea though i dont know what its good for

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ceraf · Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 9:37 am Post subject:

a theoretically indestructable pad

XTTX · Trick Member Joined: 13 Aug 2005 Location: Naperville, IL

Jaufwa · Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 7:32 am Post subject:

that is all very well if your skilled but some of us would lose our way very easily, even with a soft pad you know if you are standing off it!!
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marcan · Trick Member Joined: 28 Jul 2005

I had an idea for a touch sensitive pad too, never bothered to google for it though (d'oh). Seems someone already did it. There is an easier way of making a direct touch-sensitive pad (i.e. where you actually have to touch the metal to your skin), and I also investigated theremin-like sensor applications (i.e. sortof like this, but with other uses too). I'll probably build one of these once I'm done with mine - it seems simple enough.

As for the losing your way thing, all you have to do is raise up the squares with something.

The main problem I see with these is that touch sensors do not measure actual touch or pressure - they measure capacitance, which is proportional to the distance and what is inbetween you and the metal, but completely irrelevant to pressure. Which means it is likely to trigger with your foot slightly raised on top of the pad, and you can't control it by varying pressure on your foot, only by raising it completely. This will probably be annoying with streams and the like.