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[M] Tetrinsic Gen 3X1 Concept

A project log for Tetrinsic [gd0041]

A motorised fader that is continuous, pressure sensitive, haptic and water resistant.

kelvinakelvinA 01/04/2023 at 15:510 Comments

The name "Gen 3X1" comes from a fake USB name I thought up when hearing about USB4 Version 2.0. Since one of the features was that monitors could take 3 lanes for 120gpbs -> monitor, 40Gpbs -> PC instead of the 2X2 of 80gbps each way, I boarded that USB naming convention train and called it "USB4 Version 2.0 Gen 3X1". I like how it has every number from 0 - 4.

I looked on the internet to find a new LCD background so that I could get that "Gen 3X1" vibe whilst modelling. I saw [1st image] and thought it had potential, so I moved the hue 180 degrees and I think it looks like some powerful, elf magic mana discharge [2nd image]:

This certainly has the vibe and energy I was thinking of when I thought up the "Tetrinsic" name!
The thing is... I expected the concept to look better:
Maybe it's because of the motor block that it just looks off-balance? The nice thing though is that I wouldn't have to cut off any tabs with this design.

I doubt it's the render image, but maybe I should've gone with the colder/higher contrast looking 200 degree hue shift?

I liked the warmth of the 180 degree hue better, though it looks almost too green in the render.
The brass spacer took up less visual area of the screen than I feared. Also, the white blocks are actually wider than the larger screen I found anyway, so I might as well use it.

I still kind of think that the only reason why it looks strange is because it's top heavy. The reason is to prevent finger intersections, particularly from Finger5. This is what it could look like if I went with my original plan of having the motor near to the palm:

The minimum thickness is about 6mm as expected.

I'm expecting that the load cell will have a cutout to be able to insert the ball-chain and then a spacer goes inside the gap and screwed down.

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