Board Thread:Off-Topic/@comment-24191375-20140831071100/@comment-5334617-20140831222233

Lumage wrote:

I misinterpreted it and imagined the actual circle pad on the system being pushed to the edge and tapping against the plastic.

I had assumed, as Randomouscrap98 had, that the plan was to replace the CPP, rather than to add something to it. What currently happens is, a microprocessor has sensors attached to a circle pad and some buttons, and generates IR signals to transmit to the 3DS's IR port. This project appears to be, a microprocessor with sensors attached to... more buttons, different kinds of things like dials, anything that can produce an electronic signal, and generating IR signals as if it were a CPP. You could use even use an ambient light sensor, an electronic compass, stuff that's completely silent, stuff that the user doesn't even put his fingers on to directly physically manipulate. You could even have the processor talk to the network, and have your virtual circle pad pro controlled by remote over the Internet, but no moving parts.