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Title: JD40 MKII, 2016
Post by: mteinum on Tue, 28 June 2016, 17:17:01
Hi,

I've always wanted a JD40 from the first time I saw one, and when the PCB was dropped at techkeys.us (http://techkeys.us/collections/accessories/products/jd40) - I had to have it. And now it's here  ;D.

(https://c7.staticflickr.com/8/7340/27350487454_9a161aff54_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/HESp3w)
JD40 (https://flic.kr/p/HESp3w) by Morten Teinum (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mortenteinum/), on Flickr

Pictures of the first (?) PCB have the following layout

[attach=1]


R1: 12
R2: 11
R3: 11
R4: 6

Total 40


Looks like there is a change in MKII with


R1: 12
R2: 11
R3: 11
R4: 10

Total: 44


From the reddit thread:

https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/4p2tls/buying_jd40_techkeys/

This should be possible (http://www.keyboard-layout-editor.com/##@@=Esc&=Q&=W&=E&=R&=T&=Y&=U&=I&=O&=P&=Back%3Cbr%3ESpace%3B&@_w:1.25%3B&=Tab&=A&=S&=D&=F&=G&=H&=J&=K&=L&_w:1.75%3B&=Enter%3B&@_w:1.75%3B&=Shift&=Z&=X&=C&=V&=B&=N&=M&=%3C%0A.&_w:1.25%3B&=Shift%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0AUp&_a:7%3B&=Pg%20Up%3B&@=Ctrl&=Supr&=Alt&_w:1.25%3B&=Fn%20Dn&_w:1.75%3B&=&_w:1.75%3B&=&_w:1.25%3B&=Fn%20Up&=Left&=Down&=Right):

[attach=2]

Have any of you built it this way?
Title: Re: JD40 MKII, 2016
Post by: MajorKoos on Sun, 03 July 2016, 07:47:00
I've just tried this layout - unfortunately not all keys are registering at the moment - need to figure out how to remap them via easyavr I guess.


Title: Re: JD40 MKII, 2016
Post by: suicidal_orange on Sun, 03 July 2016, 07:54:51
I've just tried this layout - unfortunately not all keys are registering at the moment - need to figure out how to remap them via easyavr I guess.

Can you take pics of both sides of the PCB?  Should be easy to add the extra positions which aren't currently visible.

edit:  Unless it's called the JD45 in EasyAVR, that looks close but I thought it was a completely different board....
Title: Re: JD40 MKII, 2016
Post by: MajorKoos on Sun, 03 July 2016, 09:45:03
I've just tried this layout - unfortunately not all keys are registering at the moment - need to figure out how to remap them via easyavr I guess.

Can you take pics of both sides of the PCB?  Should be easy to add the extra positions which aren't currently visible.

edit:  Unless it's called the JD45 in EasyAVR, that looks close but I thought it was a completely different board....

Success!

I created a keymap with the missing keys in it.
 - Stick it in C:\Users\%username%\.EasyAVR\Boards
 - Then create a new keymap using the JD40 MkII keymap as a base

Now to print a decent set of keycaps for it.
Title: Re: JD40 MKII, 2016
Post by: a-c on Tue, 05 July 2016, 14:10:17

(Attachment Link)

Have any of you built it this way?

Also built mine this way.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ylG1VZz4xpg/V3v_YqHtPLI/AAAAAAAB5s8/4HNf5VGECywdLcVgHCIRRlyCo8vdY6w0gCLcB/s1600/IMG_20160705_083340.jpg)

Thinking of swapping the right shift.

Running QMK. http://www.40percent.club/2016/07/ivory-jd40.html (http://www.40percent.club/2016/07/ivory-jd40.html)
Title: Re: JD40 MKII, 2016
Post by: rumo on Wed, 12 October 2016, 05:11:09
Is it possible to put long spacebar on MKII like on v1?
Title: Re: JD40 MKII, 2016
Post by: a-c on Wed, 12 October 2016, 22:47:45
Is it possible to put long spacebar on MKII like on v1?

Yes, the MKII PCB supports the original layout. http://www.40percent.club/2016/07/jd40-woody.html (http://www.40percent.club/2016/07/jd40-woody.html)
Title: Re: JD40 MKII, 2016
Post by: Sintpinty on Mon, 25 March 2019, 16:58:16
I know this post is old but where are the keycaps from?
Title: Re: JD40 MKII, 2016
Post by: HPE1000 on Mon, 25 March 2019, 17:01:59
I know this post is old but where are the keycaps from?
It is these, but it looks like they might have stopped offering dyesub ones outside of group buys so you can only get blanks.

https://pimpmykeyboard.com/g20-blank-keysets/
Title: Re: JD40 MKII, 2016
Post by: Sintpinty on Mon, 25 March 2019, 17:11:59
Thx :D