<story><title>Ploopy: open hardware trackballs and mouse</title><url>https://ploopy.co/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>Fordec</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m not sure how &amp;quot;open&amp;quot; I consider a pdf of the schematics (no sign of PCB layouts), compiled hex files and I&amp;#x27;m unsure where the mechanical 3D files are. [0]&lt;p&gt;When I think of open hardware I imagine Kicad&amp;#x2F;Altium files of the electronics (not gerbers), access to the C, C++ or Rust firmware and the STEP files at least or other source modifiable files so they&amp;#x27;re 3D printable if I was so inclined to modify all three.&lt;p&gt;[0] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;github.com&amp;#x2F;ploopyco&amp;#x2F;mouse&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;github.com&amp;#x2F;ploopyco&amp;#x2F;mouse&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>walrus</author><text>The trackballs are listed as &amp;quot;completely open-source&amp;quot; on their website, but the mouse is listed as &amp;quot;open-source firmware&amp;quot;. This is consistent with what&amp;#x27;s available on their GitHub page—the Altium and STEP files for the trackballs are available on their GitHub page, and the firmware for all their products (including the mouse) has been upstreamed[1].&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;github.com&amp;#x2F;qmk&amp;#x2F;qmk_firmware&amp;#x2F;tree&amp;#x2F;master&amp;#x2F;keyboards&amp;#x2F;ploopyco&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;github.com&amp;#x2F;qmk&amp;#x2F;qmk_firmware&amp;#x2F;tree&amp;#x2F;master&amp;#x2F;keyboards&amp;#x2F;pl...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Ploopy: open hardware trackballs and mouse</title><url>https://ploopy.co/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>Fordec</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m not sure how &amp;quot;open&amp;quot; I consider a pdf of the schematics (no sign of PCB layouts), compiled hex files and I&amp;#x27;m unsure where the mechanical 3D files are. [0]&lt;p&gt;When I think of open hardware I imagine Kicad&amp;#x2F;Altium files of the electronics (not gerbers), access to the C, C++ or Rust firmware and the STEP files at least or other source modifiable files so they&amp;#x27;re 3D printable if I was so inclined to modify all three.&lt;p&gt;[0] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;github.com&amp;#x2F;ploopyco&amp;#x2F;mouse&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;github.com&amp;#x2F;ploopyco&amp;#x2F;mouse&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>cookiengineer</author><text>I was looking through the repos for the Classic Trackball, too, but found the design files and was kinda impressed that also the PCB files were open [1]. They contain the Altium Designer files in that case.&lt;p&gt;The only thing why I&amp;#x27;m probably not going for it is that 1) shipment would be way too much to justify and 2) the STLs seem to be 3d printed instead of injection molded or similar, so the &amp;quot;no cheap shit&amp;quot; argument on their website is kinda different for me if I have to print all files myself anyways.&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;github.com&amp;#x2F;ploopyco&amp;#x2F;classic-trackball&amp;#x2F;tree&amp;#x2F;master&amp;#x2F;hardware&amp;#x2F;Electronics&amp;#x2F;DesignFiles&amp;#x2F;PCBs&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;github.com&amp;#x2F;ploopyco&amp;#x2F;classic-trackball&amp;#x2F;tree&amp;#x2F;master&amp;#x2F;ha...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>