Wooting's Lekker Knob adds programmable functions to 80 HE keyboard

At last year’s Computex, Wooting revealed it was developing a knob for its analogue 80 HE keyboard. The Lekker Knob large, which replaces the block of four navigation keys above the arrow keys, is now close to release. Wooting’s Wootility software offers four main programming modes for the knob: Relative, which fires an action based on turn direction; Absolute, which assigns a fixed value to each rotation point; Zoned, which divides the dial into slices with actions on the centre press; and Analog, which increases input strength the further you turn.

The knob is analogue, so the software can identify its position at any time. There are programmable layers too: the knob follows the main layer by default, but pressing modifiers such as Ctrl or Ctrl+Alt lets you access alternative functions. Wooting has even experimented with using the knob as a steering input in racing games, and the company says the project has been in development for three years as it shifts toward a full media control dial rather than a simple volume wheel.

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