vBoard

An Accessibility Focused, Fully-Configurable Human Interface Device

Since the 1980's the standard mouse and keyboard schema has been the standard for human input for compute devices. Although a robust design, this standard form factor poses a number of accessibility limitations. For this reason, my senior design group and I, along with our sponsors at Creative Peripherals LLC, attempted to re-invent user-input devices while taking into account accessibility considerations. We developed a controller, dubbed the vBoard, that hosts a joystick, a number of configurable buttons, and a touch screen with custom layouts and key bindings. The design of the controller required design, component selection, PCB design, fabrication, and population, and embedded and application level software.

Additional Material

CU EE Project Summary

Collaborators

Karros Huang, Brett Milliken, Hamilton Nelson, Prerit Oberai, Christopher Quinn