I have to admit Protoarc's EM06 is a fine piece of engineering. The 55mm trackball feels nice, the Web-Config is adequate, and I am quite enjoying it.

So now i'm waiting for the A+ to arrive and the next iteration of Ploopy genius! :-)

All Tier B preorders have shipped, as of earlier this week! 🥳

We'll be starting with Tier C preorders next week. Our stated deadline for shipping all Tier C preorders was December 9th, but optimistically, we're hoping to have them all out by November 18th. We'll have a clearer picture of that as we continue shipping.

We still don't have a clear timeline of when we will be able to ship out Tier D preorders. I think we'll be able to come up with a meaningful estimate sometime in November.

More coming!

I never thought I would enjoy some BIG BALLIN.

Alright don't hurt me for going into roller bearings route. I'm thinking of veichu someday but I wanna play it safe with roller bearings

Is there anyone that has made a custom base plate for the Ploopy Thumb that's larger/angled? I know there is the wedge but I find that a bit too unstable. I like the angle on some of the btu mod versions but I'm finding I don't like the BTU's themselves. I've tried several different kinds from the cheap ones on Amazon to the rexoth ones that people seem to like and all of them just aren't as accurate as the original design, so I'm trying to figure out how to get the shape from those with the original top plate.

The second-to-last batch of Tier B preorders shipped out earlier this week. Next week, we'll be shipping out all remaining Tier B preorders. After that, we'll begin shipping Tier C. We're still targeting December 9th as the date by which all Tier C preorders will be out; hopefully, we can go faster than that.

We still don't have a date for Tier D preorders; we'll have an official estimate for that as we go through Tier C.

Thanks for sticking with us through this!

Got my ploopy A+ yesterday, got the sensitivity to the same as Adept that ive been using for 3 years (apparently 1600? oddly the same as what I use on mice).

Went straight to programming it. As with the previous I needed to change the layout, not sure what the default is based on but it's not the classic DT225 that's for sure.

Managed to get the Default layer the same as my original and did the mirror for lefties (Layer 1)

I did find it interesting that "Drag Scroll" was "CUSTOM (69)" when its "CUSTOM (1)" for me, that change seemed to work no problem.

I think Layer 2 is the "Control Layer". I am a bit more hesitant to change this one as there are a bunch of CUSTOM functions not in my VIA.

I do not see a layer that would equate to the "Mouse Gestures Layer" so that I can re-map those. All of the rest of the layers are empty. The button is also TG(2) which would go to the wrong layer, so I didnt re-map that bit.

Regarding the Knobs/Dials, I see no where to control what way that they scroll. If your right handed you can easily control the left dial with your thumb. If you its scrolling the wrong way, you have to go up to go down.

Its also very clear based on the adjustment of settings that the LED is RGB but as far as I can tell I see no lighting controls besides brightness, which is fine, but it would be nice to make use of that. Also should be noted that "0%" isnt actually off...

I bought a Ploopy Adept in August 2025 and it recently started doubleclick when pressing left click once. Today, the trackball just stopped responding.

When I bought it, it was put together by ploopy and was shipped put together. I opened it up and it seems that the optical chip was never soldered and fell right out of the PCB.

Ploopy is a pretty small company but does anyone know what their warranty states or how was the trackball working fine when the sensor was not soldered and was just placed in the PCB.

Also, not sure how to contact them for support.

Hi I just got an A+ and when I try to configure it via VIA it doesn't show as being detected. I've followed the steps at https://ploopyco.github.io/aplus-trackball/appendices/via/ and confirmed in Zadig that it's using a HidUsb driver for all 3 interfaces. But when I go to https://usevia.app/ and try to Authorize Device the Ploopy isn't listed as an option.

Has anyone encountered this or know what to try?

Update: solved! see comment below

Hello just got my A+. Tried loading VIA. It can see it for authorization but then this happens. How do I proceed?

Hello Ploopy community.

Can someone record and share A+ usage video .
Device looks great but i want to seen how hand rests on it .

Earlier today, we shipped out more Tier B fully assembled A+ preorders. We've almost finished shipping out all of the Tier B fully assembled units, and have about 20% left to go. We expect that we'll finish shipping the rest of them next week.

As for the Tier B kit preorders, we'll be shipping a bunch of those out next week as well.

From the looks of it, it looks like October 14th is still the date by which all Tier B preorders will be shipped. After that, we'll be tackling the Tier C preorders.

More to come.

If you have a used one that you don’t want to keep, I’d be interested in it. DM me. Thanks everyone!

forking off efogdev Artem's work - https://github.com/adept-anyball/mod - It would seem the obvious thing to do next. I am hoping one or more early adopters who got in on the tier 1-whatever has the skills to do it.

More units shipped out the door this week! So far, we've shipped out about half of the outstanding Tier B preorders, both assembled and kits. Next week, we'll be shipping another 40% or so of the Tier B assembled units. We won't be shipping any Tier B kits next week as we ran down our stocks and have to make more.

We are also now at the point where we can make a more specific forecast about when we'll be shipping Tier C.

Here are our latest estimates for shipping times:

• Tier B: all units (both assembled and kit) shipped by October 14th
• Tier C: all units (both assembled and kit) shipped by December 9th

These are estimates that give us a bit of margin in case there are any hiccups in our production process; ideally, we'll ship units far before these dates.

We're also introducing Tier D for any orders that come in from now on. Preorders from Tier D don't currently have a shipping estimate, but we'll update as we go on.

Thanks for being patient with us!

So I tried the Nape Pro, but the track ball is too tiny for precise work. I started looking into Ploopy, but most setups I see kind of worry me.

Important context: I'm using a split keyboard.

I want something where I don't have to hunch my shoulders to use the track ball, but that I also don't have to overextend on the sides to use to use. Ploopy seems too big to put under key board or on the side of keyboard without falling into this trap (then i have to reach slightly more for key board. I'm old, so now I can't stand repeated actions at the computer that are even slightly out of alignment!)

How have those of you who care about this sort of thing approached it? I'm not looking for opinions from people who say their setup doesn't hurt even though the track ball is straight up in the middle lmao. Not to be harsh, just saving everyone some time!!!

The kit took about 30 minutes to assemble with no hitches. After plugging it in it worked first go.

I'm running EndeavourOS (based on Arch linux), and remapping via the https://usevia.app website involved some shenanigans to get working. The device /dev/hidraw4 is owned by root and has no group or other permissions, fix by adding some udev rules.

Create the file /etc/udev/rules.d/99-ploopy.rules and add the following (pay attention to the idVendor value, yours may be different, run lsusb to check):

# Catch-all for Ploopy devices using Vendor ID matching
KERNEL=="hidraw*", SUBSYSTEM=="hidraw", ATTRS{idVendor}=="5043", MODE="0666", TAG+="uaccess", TAG+="udev-acl"

Reboot and the web app should now work.

So far I love this device! I'm not really a trackball user yet but It's proving really easy to use, the sensitivity is spot on. I have some Rexroth BTU's on the way so looking forward to modding this thing.

I love my A+, but the knobs at the bottom are fairly uncomfortable for me. Another poster shared how they had rotated theirs 180 degrees, which looked great, but they were using a desk or chair mounting system, I can't recall which. So I made a 3d-printed, desktop wrist rest that does the same rotation. The files are on printables.com if anybody else is interested.

• No-accel firmware: https://drive.proton.me/urls/BDS7BXNVNW#2u1iXoor6JO1
• Stock firmware: https://drive.proton.me/urls/JZ1QNHW1SR#v86ZfjRhgPI5

I'm not a fan of pointer acceleration even with trackballs, so for the dozens of us out there, this is ploopyco/qmk_firmware cloned at the ploopyco/a+ branch with minor adjustments:

1. Disable acceleration.
2. Change DPI list to [400, 600, 800, 1000, 1600] since I also prefer low sens usually and without accel it's a bit more precise.

No other changes. Put it in the USB mode and drag the file into the drive to install. I've also included the firmware compiled without any changes if you want to revert.

I couldn't find many Ploopy Nano 2 BTU mods so I made my own from the original shell. Supports Bosch Rexroth 8mm BTUs, with an adapter for Veichu VCN310/311 7.5mm BTUs.

I sized it for a 40mm ball (because that's what I could find in brass), though it also works with the stock 38.1mm/1.5in ball.

While editing I also super-sized the button, to make it easier to trigger with my thumb. It hasn't got a perfect feel when triggering at the far ends of the button because of the small switch on the PCB but it works. You'll need to add supports only to the underside of the button pocket - if you find this interferes with triggering the button, there is another file with a torus around the switch; ensure you place supports outside of this area. No supports needed elsewhere.

There are more improvements I'd like to make (button feel, for one) but I've already stopped using this trackball so I probably won't get around to it; if you do please drop me a DM or share here!

STLs on printables.

https://www.printables.com/model/1840137-ploopy-nano-2-big-button-btu-mod

The adapters are generic and should work anywhere you want to replace those specific Bosch Rexroths with the Veichus.

We shipped out all outstanding Tier A kit preorders this week, which means that Tier A has now fully shipped. Hooray! 🥳🎉

We had planned to have all Tier A units ship out within 8 weeks of launch, and we're on the 4 week mark now, so we're ahead of schedule. If you're curious why we're this early, it's because we build margin into the Tier A delivery date specifically so that we have time to implement design revisions if they are necessary. They weren't necessary this time, so the schedule is moving up.

We'll be starting with Tier B preorders next week. Tier B has more than twice as many preorders as Tier A. At the current rate of shipping, we're projecting to fully ship all Tier B preorders within 5 to 8 weeks of today.

Tier C is still a long ways away, so we don't have an updated shipping estimate for Tier C, but we're working as hard as we can to get these out the door quickly. Once we're further along with Tier B, we'll have updated estimates.

Thanks for your patience as we work through the backlog.

Does anyone use the Ploopy A+ with CAD/ design software? I wonder of it can operate like the Rotatrix.