Trackpoint for project

[nicstreet]

Evening people, can anyone recommend a good trackpoint for me to integrate into one of my projects? When I say good I'm looking for reasonably priced, controllable from within TMK and readily available? Any suggestions welcome.

Thanks

Nic

[keru]

Hi Nic,
I can't recommend for sure, but the only options I found were :
- reusing a trackpoint from a thinkpad keyboard, trying to find one that looks like what others have already used and found the pins.
- buy a documented module from http://sprintek.com/products/SK8702.aspx
For Sprintek, you can contact them to know the shipping options. I might buy one from there once I know my firmware works.

[nicstreet]

Thanks mate, I'll pick up a T42 off Ebay, 21.00 GBP delivered for the laptop.

[keru]

I found spare keyboard replacements, without the laptop, for around 17 CAD, you might want to just use the keyboard replacement. Usually they have a front/back picture and that can help you select a board that has already add it's pin traced.

[tentator]

watch out that replacement keyboards for thinkpads do have the trackpoint but usually do NOT have the corresponding mouse buttons..
anyway if you find an old complete laptop to savage off or a keyboard model that also includes the buttons and continue your project I'm really really interested to hear about it since I also would like to go that route sooner or later since no commercially or diy kit solution seems to exist as of now..
I am even tempted to consider some possibility in the palmrest zone that exist.. but so without having used them before I feel discouraged..

[keru]

It's true, I just realized most of them don't have those buttons. Mine had, but I'm not planning on using them, I'll use some kind of switches, possibly keyboard ones or old mouse ones.

[nicstreet]

Just purchased 2 keyboards complete with trackpoints off Fleabay for under 12.00GBP delivered (X22 and T23). I'll advise in due course on any issues getting these working.