Author Topic: KMAC DIY Thread (Read 68363 times)

sth · « **Reply #100 on:** Mon, 22 October 2012, 21:45:29 »

curious as well, i have a few modifications to the layout that i will need to carry out

jcrouse · « **Reply #101 on:** Mon, 22 October 2012, 22:01:28 »

^ and ^^. Did you guys update to the latest firmware that just came out?

TheProfosist · « **Reply #102 on:** Mon, 22 October 2012, 22:07:23 »

Quote from: jcrouse on Mon, 22 October 2012, 22:01:28

^ and ^^. Did you guys update to the latest firmware that just came out?

umm I dont even have my KMAC yet

, should be shipping this week...

jcrouse · « **Reply #103 on:** Mon, 22 October 2012, 22:11:58 »

WOW, you didn't know ... All shipments of KMACs have been discontinued, indefinately.

Seriously, enjoy the board. You WILL like it.

Halverson · « **Reply #104 on:** Mon, 22 October 2012, 22:14:06 »

Quote from: jcrouse on Mon, 22 October 2012, 22:11:58

WOW, you didn't know ... All shipments of KMACs have been discontinued, indefinately. Seriously, enjoy the board. You WILL like it.

Wait what? I thought Kmac 2 was still coming out?

TheProfosist · « **Reply #105 on:** Mon, 22 October 2012, 22:18:41 »

Quote from: jcrouse on Mon, 22 October 2012, 22:11:58

WOW, you didn't know ... All shipments of KMACs have been discontinued, indefinately. Seriously, enjoy the board. You WILL like it.

wonder where mine is coming from then? cause m00nshake got one also and im building it for him...

Halverson · « **Reply #106 on:** Mon, 22 October 2012, 22:19:45 »

Quote from: TheProfosist on Mon, 22 October 2012, 22:18:41

Quote from: jcrouse on Mon, 22 October 2012, 22:11:58
WOW, you didn't know ... All shipments of KMACs have been discontinued, indefinately. Seriously, enjoy the board. You WILL like it.
wonder where mine is coming from then? cause m00nshake got one also and im building it for him...

And me and esoomenona as well. Maybe just extras from the last shipment?

TheProfosist · « **Reply #107 on:** Mon, 22 October 2012, 22:20:38 »

Quote from: Halverson on Mon, 22 October 2012, 22:19:45

Quote from: TheProfosist on Mon, 22 October 2012, 22:18:41
Quote from: jcrouse on Mon, 22 October 2012, 22:11:58
WOW, you didn't know ... All shipments of KMACs have been discontinued, indefinately. Seriously, enjoy the board. You WILL like it.
wonder where mine is coming from then? cause m00nshake got one also and im building it for him...

And me and esoomanona as well. Maybe just extras from the last shipment?

:cries: I was too slow on the titanium :cries:

Halverson · « **Reply #108 on:** Mon, 22 October 2012, 22:21:20 »

Quote from: TheProfosist on Mon, 22 October 2012, 22:20:38

Quote from: Halverson on Mon, 22 October 2012, 22:19:45
Quote from: TheProfosist on Mon, 22 October 2012, 22:18:41
Quote from: jcrouse on Mon, 22 October 2012, 22:11:58
WOW, you didn't know ... All shipments of KMACs have been discontinued, indefinately. Seriously, enjoy the board. You WILL like it.
wonder where mine is coming from then? cause m00nshake got one also and im building it for him...

And me and esoomanona as well. Maybe just extras from the last shipment?
:cries: I was too slow on the titanium :cries:

^ Me too, me to

Oh well, silver be shiny like da sunnn

TheProfosist · « **Reply #109 on:** Mon, 22 October 2012, 22:28:56 »

Quote from: Halverson on Mon, 22 October 2012, 22:21:20

Quote from: TheProfosist on Mon, 22 October 2012, 22:20:38
Quote from: Halverson on Mon, 22 October 2012, 22:19:45
Quote from: TheProfosist on Mon, 22 October 2012, 22:18:41
Quote from: jcrouse on Mon, 22 October 2012, 22:11:58
WOW, you didn't know ... All shipments of KMACs have been discontinued, indefinately. Seriously, enjoy the board. You WILL like it.
wonder where mine is coming from then? cause m00nshake got one also and im building it for him...

And me and esoomanona as well. Maybe just extras from the last shipment?
:cries: I was too slow on the titanium :cries:

^ Me too, me to Oh well, silver be shiny like da sunnn

Well Im still very happy I snagged one all, now to try and get some Zinc caps for it!

Halverson · « **Reply #110 on:** Mon, 22 October 2012, 22:30:07 »

^I believe the zinc order is still up from Feng!

TheProfosist · « **Reply #111 on:** Mon, 22 October 2012, 22:32:51 »

Quote from: Halverson on Mon, 22 October 2012, 22:30:07

^I believe the zinc order is still up from Feng!

yep yep its just that i need a extra num row that ill use for my numpad and its not and option and fend hasnt gotten back to me yet. Looks like I just missed the titanium spacebars though so ill have to snag one used or wait for the aluminum spacebar groupbuy whic I dont think will match as well.

Halverson · « **Reply #112 on:** Mon, 22 October 2012, 22:38:03 »

Quote from: TheProfosist on Mon, 22 October 2012, 22:32:51

Quote from: Halverson on Mon, 22 October 2012, 22:30:07
^I believe the zinc order is still up from Feng!

yep yep its just that i need a extra num row that ill use for my numpad and its not and option and fend hasnt gotten back to me yet. Looks like I just missed the titanium spacebars though so ill have to snag one used or wait for the aluminum spacebar groupbuy whic I dont think will match as well.

I got a sandblasted titanium, kind of wish I had gotten a shiny one now. Oh well, may not even go metal on the kmac. Can't wait for round 4(lord knows), and put some retro love on it

TheProfosist · « **Reply #113 on:** Mon, 22 October 2012, 22:39:07 »

Quote from: Halverson on Mon, 22 October 2012, 22:38:03

Quote from: TheProfosist on Mon, 22 October 2012, 22:32:51
Quote from: Halverson on Mon, 22 October 2012, 22:30:07
^I believe the zinc order is still up from Feng!

yep yep its just that i need a extra num row that ill use for my numpad and its not and option and fend hasnt gotten back to me yet. Looks like I just missed the titanium spacebars though so ill have to snag one used or wait for the aluminum spacebar groupbuy whic I dont think will match as well.

I got a sandblasted titanium, kind of wish I had gotten a shiny one now. Oh well, may not even go metal on the kmac. Can't wait for round 4(lord knows), and put some retro love on it

Care to part with it?

Halverson · « **Reply #114 on:** Mon, 22 October 2012, 22:47:21 »

Quote from: TheProfosist on Mon, 22 October 2012, 22:39:07

Quote from: Halverson on Mon, 22 October 2012, 22:38:03
Quote from: TheProfosist on Mon, 22 October 2012, 22:32:51
Quote from: Halverson on Mon, 22 October 2012, 22:30:07
^I believe the zinc order is still up from Feng!

yep yep its just that i need a extra num row that ill use for my numpad and its not and option and fend hasnt gotten back to me yet. Looks like I just missed the titanium spacebars though so ill have to snag one used or wait for the aluminum spacebar groupbuy whic I dont think will match as well.

I got a sandblasted titanium, kind of wish I had gotten a shiny one now. Oh well, may not even go metal on the kmac. Can't wait for round 4(lord knows), and put some retro love on it
Care to part with it?

Oh not yet, if ever lol. I have many boards to try it with, and many arrangements.

TheProfosist · « **Reply #115 on:** Mon, 22 October 2012, 23:11:23 »

Quote from: Halverson on Mon, 22 October 2012, 22:47:21

Quote from: TheProfosist on Mon, 22 October 2012, 22:39:07
Quote from: Halverson on Mon, 22 October 2012, 22:38:03
Quote from: TheProfosist on Mon, 22 October 2012, 22:32:51
Quote from: Halverson on Mon, 22 October 2012, 22:30:07
^I believe the zinc order is still up from Feng!

yep yep its just that i need a extra num row that ill use for my numpad and its not and option and fend hasnt gotten back to me yet. Looks like I just missed the titanium spacebars though so ill have to snag one used or wait for the aluminum spacebar groupbuy whic I dont think will match as well.

I got a sandblasted titanium, kind of wish I had gotten a shiny one now. Oh well, may not even go metal on the kmac. Can't wait for round 4(lord knows), and put some retro love on it
Care to part with it?

Oh not yet, if ever lol. I have many boards to try it with, and many arrangements.

alright

TheQsanity · « **Reply #116 on:** Fri, 26 October 2012, 00:00:17 »

Anyone made one yet?

SmallFry · « **Reply #117 on:** Fri, 26 October 2012, 00:01:56 »

Erm, there have been quite a few of them built.

tjcaustin · « **Reply #118 on:** Fri, 26 October 2012, 00:03:35 »

Quote from: TheProfosist on Mon, 22 October 2012, 23:11:23

Quote from: Halverson on Mon, 22 October 2012, 22:47:21
Quote from: TheProfosist on Mon, 22 October 2012, 22:39:07
Quote from: Halverson on Mon, 22 October 2012, 22:38:03
Quote from: TheProfosist on Mon, 22 October 2012, 22:32:51
Quote from: Halverson on Mon, 22 October 2012, 22:30:07
^I believe the zinc order is still up from Feng!

yep yep its just that i need a extra num row that ill use for my numpad and its not and option and fend hasnt gotten back to me yet. Looks like I just missed the titanium spacebars though so ill have to snag one used or wait for the aluminum spacebar groupbuy whic I dont think will match as well.

I got a sandblasted titanium, kind of wish I had gotten a shiny one now. Oh well, may not even go metal on the kmac. Can't wait for round 4(lord knows), and put some retro love on it
Care to part with it?

Oh not yet, if ever lol. I have many boards to try it with, and many arrangements.
alright

Get aluminium instead!

TheQsanity · « **Reply #119 on:** Fri, 26 October 2012, 00:13:57 »

Quote from: SmallFry on Fri, 26 October 2012, 00:01:56

Erm, there have been quite a few of them built.

From this guide? Looks pretty hard.

SmallFry · « **Reply #120 on:** Fri, 26 October 2012, 02:01:12 »

Just some soldering:)

esoomenona · « **Reply #121 on:** Thu, 01 November 2012, 11:56:29 »

alaricljs · « **Reply #122 on:** Thu, 01 November 2012, 12:00:36 »

Should be the pins for direct programming access if you should mange to kill or otherwise get rid of the boot loader.

esoomenona · « **Reply #123 on:** Thu, 01 November 2012, 12:04:11 »

TheProfosist · « **Reply #124 on:** Thu, 01 November 2012, 13:16:41 »

*shakes fist at esoomena* darn you getting the only titanium one

Nice also just got my KMAC as well will be posting some pics of the kit tonight

esoomenona · « **Reply #125 on:** Thu, 01 November 2012, 13:34:11 »

TheProfosist · « **Reply #126 on:** Thu, 01 November 2012, 14:08:12 »

not seeing any real color difference more of a texture difference though.

TheProfosist · « **Reply #127 on:** Thu, 01 November 2012, 23:23:51 »

Just got my KMAC today!

head over to my DIY thread for pics http://tinyurl.com/chv4cq7

esoomenona · « **Reply #128 on:** Fri, 02 November 2012, 00:27:53 »

TheProfosist · « **Reply #129 on:** Fri, 02 November 2012, 00:32:50 »

Quote from: esoomenona on Fri, 02 November 2012, 00:27:53

http://imgur.com/a/JFYbk

Here is my album. Pictures not too great, but it's what I have...

darn you and your titaniumness

esoomenona · « **Reply #130 on:** Fri, 02 November 2012, 00:34:17 »

TheProfosist · « **Reply #131 on:** Fri, 02 November 2012, 00:42:45 »

Quote from: esoomenona on Fri, 02 November 2012, 00:34:17

Mmmm, so titaniumy.

:cries:

sth · « **Reply #132 on:** Fri, 02 November 2012, 00:48:09 »

So i discovered this when trying to remap keys.
You get kmac layout, kmini layout and kpad layout xml files with corresponding temphex files.
My initial action when editing source is to copy it and work on a copy... unfortunately kmacs.exe does not generate a temphex file, only a real hex file.

SO if you change the name of the layout xml file you won't be able to generate hex for it... so make a backup of both and edit the original

SmallFry · « **Reply #133 on:** Fri, 02 November 2012, 00:50:31 »

Poking my head in here...I'll be building a few KMAC-y things soon...

TheProfosist · « **Reply #134 on:** Fri, 02 November 2012, 00:58:21 »

Quote from: sth on Fri, 02 November 2012, 00:48:09

So i discovered this when trying to remap keys.
You get kmac layout, kmini layout and kpad layout xml files with corresponding temphex files.
My initial action when editing source is to copy it and work on a copy... unfortunately kmacs.exe does not generate a temphex file, only a real hex file.

SO if you change the name of the layout xml file you won't be able to generate hex for it... so make a backup of both and edit the original

thanks for the helpful info

winzds · « **Reply #135 on:** Fri, 02 November 2012, 14:07:24 »

learn more about this thred.

TheProfosist · « **Reply #136 on:** Fri, 02 November 2012, 15:17:22 »

Quote from: winzds on Fri, 02 November 2012, 14:07:24

learn more about this thred.

?

TheProfosist · « **Reply #137 on:** Sat, 03 November 2012, 03:26:04 »

Started my own DIY thread http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=37065.0

litster · « **Reply #138 on:** Sat, 03 November 2012, 12:56:31 »

I was asked why I had to remove solder from one the pads for each SMD diode location in order to solder the SMD diodes in place. In my original post I didn't explain that very clearly. So here is a better answer.

Quote

How I soldered SMD diodes onto my KMACs is specific to KMACs and may not be needed for other keyboards that support SMD diodes.

On KMACs, both solder pads for each diode location is prepped with solder. Unless you can melt solder on both solder pads at the same time, you can't solder the SMD diode flush to the PCB surface because the other un-melted solder will keep your SMD diode tilted to one side.

I removed solder for one of the pads with wick or solder sucker pump. After that, I get ready to solder the SMD diode in place by melting soldere on the other pad. Once solder is melted, I slide the diode in place and make sure it is flush to the PCB surface. Then I just add solder to the other side to lock it in place.

Hope this helps.

SmallFry · « **Reply #139 on:** Sat, 03 November 2012, 19:45:21 »

How do you guys get it into DFU mode for programming?

TheProfosist · « **Reply #140 on:** Sat, 03 November 2012, 21:11:53 »

Quote from: SmallFry on Sat, 03 November 2012, 19:45:21

How do you guys get it into DFU mode for programming?

Interested in this as well!

ZcHuer · « **Reply #141 on:** Mon, 05 November 2012, 10:19:32 »

Quote from: sth on Fri, 02 November 2012, 00:48:09

So i discovered this when trying to remap keys.
You get kmac layout, kmini layout and kpad layout xml files with corresponding temphex files.
My initial action when editing source is to copy it and work on a copy... unfortunately kmacs.exe does not generate a temphex file, only a real hex file.

SO if you change the name of the layout xml file you won't be able to generate hex for it... so make a backup of both and edit the original

I didn't change anything inlude the file name, but still couldn't generate a HEX file ... Anybody could help me out? T_T

ZcHuer · « **Reply #142 on:** Mon, 05 November 2012, 10:21:24 »

Quote from: SmallFry on Sat, 03 November 2012, 19:45:21

How do you guys get it into DFU mode for programming?

I got a English doc indicating how to Enter the DFU mode and load a HEX file. But I just couldn't generate a HEX file by the kmacs.exe....

SmallFry · « **Reply #143 on:** Mon, 05 November 2012, 10:39:51 »

Thanks! That helps a ton!

alaricljs · « **Reply #144 on:** Mon, 05 November 2012, 11:03:31 »

Hold Caps lock while plugging in the KMAC.

litster · « **Reply #145 on:** Mon, 05 November 2012, 14:41:01 »

alaric, you need to write us a KMAC wiki!

alaricljs · « **Reply #146 on:** Mon, 05 November 2012, 14:42:17 »

Dude, I only just figured this out last night!

litster · « **Reply #147 on:** Mon, 05 November 2012, 14:59:16 »

Then your KMAC wiki is one day late. Get on it! :-)

SmallFry · « **Reply #148 on:** Mon, 05 November 2012, 15:17:28 »

I have been looking for that DFU mode forever. Is it the same on the KMini? And what about the KPAD?

alaricljs · « **Reply #149 on:** Mon, 05 November 2012, 15:24:35 »

I did this on a KMini, they run the same firmware it's just the layout that is different.

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