Designing a Partly Self-Powered Keyboard Based on Triboelectric Effect
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Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to design a keyboard using the triboelectric effect (Tribo Electric Nano Generator - TENG) to collect a part of the energy from keystrokes to reduce the power consumption of the keyboard. Using elastic material as the cover on the keyboard to maximize the capture of energy from typing. The keyboard layers are made from common materials such as Al (Aluminum) and PTFE (Polytetrafluoroethylene). The built-in 16-button keyboard ensures the same typing speed as a typical keyboard. Based on selected triboelectric material, the output voltage of keyboard was simulated and processed by using a signal detection circuit. The results show that the average voltage generated by each key with electrical friction effect is about 4 V, the power consumption for the detection circuit is about 0.32 W. In addition, the keystroke signals were sent and displayed correctly on the designed software on the computer.
Keywords
Triboelectric, keyboard, self-powered.
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