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Ploopy’s 3D-printed, open-source trackpad is thoroughly customizable

Ploopy’s open source trackpad pictured in gray and white against a blue and yellow background.
Ploopy’s trackpad can be purchased preassembled or in a DIY kit. | Image: Ploopy

Ploopy is expanding its collection of mod-friendly peripherals with a new seven-inch trackpad that supports multi-finger gestures and features like palm rejection. Like Ploopy’s mouse and trackballs, its new trackpad runs on the QMK open-source firmware, further expanding how its functionality can be customized.

The trackpad is powered by a Raspberry Pi RP2040, while finger tracking is handled by a Microchip ATMXT1066TD processor which can all be found on a single mainboard that’s easy to swap into another case. Although Ploopy says the included 3D-printed case “has a fantastic surface finish” and is “great to use all day,” you can download the case’s open-source design files to print it using a different material or change its design…

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