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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: PsychoGurl96 on Thu, 22 July 2021, 22:14:25
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I just got a new keyboard, and it came with a few spare mechanical switches (the keyboard allows them to be hot-swapped and includes the tools required).
I was wondering; would it be possible to wire them together to a USB controller to make a button box? If so, could you give an example of how it should be wired?
The switches in question are Outemu Red switches (pictured below) from a Tecware Phantom RGB, and I already have a solder station and some experience with soldering basic circuits.
TIA
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I just got a new keyboard, and it came with a few spare mechanical switches (the keyboard allows them to be hot-swapped and includes the tools required).
I was wondering; would it be possible to wire them together to a USB controller to make a button box? If so, could you give an example of how it should be wired?
The switches in question are Outemu Red switches (pictured below) from a Tecware Phantom RGB, and I already have a solder station and some experience with soldering basic circuits.
TIA
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Yup it will definitly be possible, you just need a case to hold them together.
You can get a Arduino Pro Micro or Teensy 2.0 and flash it with QMK, you can wire it in a matrix form (you'll need diodes) or you can wire them separately.
It all depends on the size, this (https://matt3o.com/book/)is a great guide for using the matrix method, it's for a full keyboard but the idea stays the same.
Here's another guide (https://www.partsnotincluded.com/diy-stream-deck-mini-macro-keyboard/), without diodes.