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Optimus Aux keyboard

Overview Process Press clippings

Problem:	Produce an auxiliary keyboard with OLED displays.

Optimus Aux has OLED screens embedded in its every key to show what function is currently assigned to it.

Aluminum shell

Optimus Aux is created for those, who wish to have an effective visual tool for enhanced human-computer interaction, still using regular keyboard for typing.

Release date: 12.12.2008

Cast:

art director & designer

Artemy Lebedev

industrial designer

Timur Burbayev

modeler

Alexander Pozdeyev

engineer

Maxim Pavlukhin

software developer

Konstantin Morshnev
Denis Gryzlov
Max Lukashenya

managers

Vera Dorofeyeva
Ivan Kolomoetz

Slots for plugging in additional devices, K-lock, computer cable and power supply cord

Specifications

Keyboard dimensions
width	105 mm (4.1″)
depth	173 mm (6.8″)
height	38 mm (1.5″)
single key	20.2×20.2 mm (0.8″×0.8″)

Each of the 15 displays
technology	OLED
viewable area	10.1×10.1 mm (0.4″×0.4″)
resolution	48×48 pixels
frame rate	10 frames per second minimum
colors	65 536
viewing angle	160°

Compatibility
Connection	USB 2.0
Control	Optimus Configurator 3.0 software
OS	Windows, Mac OS X

System requirements
PC with installed OS Windows XP or Vista, with a USB 1.1 (or better 2.0) port; Mac OS X 10.5.1 or higher.

At least 20 MB of free space on hard drive.

At least 256 MB of RAM.

In order to extend the service life of the displays and avoid using cables that may be vulnerable to wear, the screens embedded in the keytops are fixed—it’s only the transparent caps that are pressed.

Every button on the keyboard (or, more precisely, a module consisting of a moving cap, a microchip and a display) can be easily removed to clean or replace.

The keyboard is highly customizable. Configurator software enables users to program each button to reproduce a sequence of symbols and edit images separately for each layout.

Patents pending.

Optimus Configurator 3.0 works for all devices in the Optimus line-up

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