Spectrasymbol has developped new XY-Pads which work like 2 independent Pots. They are also supposed to act like a pot. This means that the value doesn’t go to zero when you don’t touch the pad.
I will get more information later.
Is there anybody who wants such a pad?
If there are enough people I’ll order them.
Price? Datasheet? Shipping?
Last I checked spectrasymbol was rather nice about giving away samples
I’ve still got a pile of their stuff around here somewhere. Cool stuff too, all manner of pressure and position sensors.
Count me as interested in this new xy thingy, not returning to 0 when released is a big plus.
Count me in for XY Pads and any of their softpots…
I’ve only got one sample of their softpot… eventually I’m going to make a MIDIbox ribbon controller and eventually was going to arrange a bulk order if enough people wanted to make their own. But that’s a long way off…
Nah spectra were lame about samples. They handed out a few, but quickly cut back when we hit hem too hard 
Only a handful of the dozens of people around here actually got the sample they asked for.
Count me in for some XY/ribbon/pot goodies though…
Nah spectra were lame about samples. They handed out a few, but quickly cut back when we hit hem too hard
That’s because people around here who ask for samples aren’t really the intended audience. Samples are supposed to go to those who literally want a sample, to possible use a lot more in the future. They aren’t intended to be handouts for those who are too cheap to buy their own.
(The same goes for PICs and all other parts…)
-Steve
today I got a mail from spectrasymbol.
I’ll get another mail with datasheet, price, etc.
as soon as this new Pad is available (~3 weeks)
The thing works contactlessly (?german: berührungslos)
It works with magnets
sensitive area is about 55x75mm
Samples are supposed to go to those who literally want a sample, to possible use a lot more in the future.
And that’s exactly what I was… I didn’t order them for my midibox, but another project… Their loss :
did this ever come to something?
Do you have a link to the xypad?
Have anyone actually build a Midibox with a touchpad?
I haven’t recieved any additional information (datasheet, price) yet.
I think there is a thread about integrating a usual XY-Pad in a Midibox.
The XY-Pad I’m interested in works just like 2 independent pots.
I think it shouldn’t be difficult to build a MBox with one of these.
the Information I got is all written in my 2 last posts.
I’m still waiting for the mail from my spectrasymbol-guy.
matthias
OK, cool… The other thread also says that it should be easy with the spectrasymbol pad…
Then it’s just how to get it
I gotta XY pad from SS but still don’t have any FFC connector to plug it to. Don’t forget to get one if you ever want to use that sensor with your midibox project 
ÓK.. thanks.. Is that kind of a cable or what?
FFC means “Flat Flexible Cable”
If you look at the pad, you’ll see that there’s no pin that you can solder directly.
The output of the XY pad is some kind of flat cable with 4 tracks, and you absolutely need a FFC with 4 inputs to plug on the connector. One side of the connector is FFC, on the other side you have “normal” metallic pins where you can solder … to your AIN
Just type FFC on google and look at the pictures.
But there’s no way I can get these things in like a month or so?
I just need 1 touchpad and 1 FFC
Yes getting a FFC is probably possible but getting a pad from spectrasymbol seems to be quite hard now
I’m trying to get those things as fast as possible, but my spectrasymbol-guy is either veery busy or very lazy at the moment .
hey the description sounds cool
I asked for any companies in germany that sell spectraSymbol stuff, but the thing is: most spectraSymbol products get produced on demand based on custom specs (like PCBs); so with most orders there are 1000 EUR gone for “making the production masters”… but I’ve been told they are about to produce some standards for users like us, it sounds like this is happening right now 
I can take a look in my bookmarks if this XY-Pad ordering will fail for any reason (which I do not hope! ;D )
ac.
btw: has anybody seen the new KAOSS pad 3?
just found a link in our wiki: http://www.midibox.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=trsequencer#korg_kaoss_pad_3 :o …ui…
Hey Michael ;D
Yes the Kaoss Pad v3 is really beautiful. When we’ll all be millionnaires we can build beautiful machines also just kidding ;D
I’ll try the SoftPots this week-end if I have the time to,
I can’t wait to get some FFC to test this XY pad, lying on my desk since monthes :-\
Cheers !
Anyway, sign me up for one pad And an FFC if it’s possible