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[alaricljs]

It's in a diff. location

[bloodygood]

It's in a diff. location

Oh wait nevermind don't need to measure, look at the bottom of a switch, just use the holes one over to the right if the led hole is facing you. You should see a total of 4 possible LED leads on every single switch, and on the toggle one it is just using the far right ones.

[TheProfosist]

Oh wait nevermind don't need to measure, look at the bottom of a switch, just use the holes one over to the right if the led hole is facing you. You should see a total of 4 possible LED leads on every single switch, and on the toggle one it is just using the far right ones.

The led is slightly off center so that will have to be noted when changing the pcb right

[ishtob]

those are not meant for LED, they are for layouts where the diodes goes in the switches

are you 100% its the same as the far right one? I can go ahead and add the extra lead to the right, All you need to do is pivot the LED 180degrees to use the toggle switch

[bloodygood]

those are not meant for LED, they are for layouts where the diodes goes in the switches

are you 100% its the same as the far right one? I can go ahead and add the extra lead to the right, All you need to do is pivot the LED 180degrees to use the toggle switch

Surprisingly they /are/ meant for the LED in this case, I have placed an LED into the housing and yes it does fit into those 2 far right pins.
Also if we did a diode inside the housing that would make things so much easier.. but that is okay, the people wanted LED instead after all.

[TheProfosist]

Surprisingly they /are/ meant for the LED in this case, I have placed an LED into the housing and yes it does fit into those 2 far right pins.
Also if we did a diode inside the housing that would make things so much easier.. but that is okay, the people wanted LED instead after all.

Thats right we wanted to pimp out our keyboards a bit.

[ishtob]

okay, i'll add that later this weekend, meanwhile think about which keys you guys would like to have option

[TheProfosist]

okay, i'll add that later this weekend, meanwhile think about which keys you guys would like to have option

My layout is finalized and is cleared with the others that will possibly be using it. http://tinyurl.com/7zy8wzc

[ishtob]

ahhh back to the 2 1x1 instead of backspace >.<

aite i'll need to redo the PCB layout too then

[ishtob]

<-- I like the backspace

[TheProfosist]

ahhh back to the 2 1x1 instead of backspace >.<

aite i'll need to redo the PCB layout too then

Sorry about that, the layout worked and I am trying to keep my DOX and Phantom layouts as close as possible. And well once I found out that WASD could do the keys, things changed.

<-- I like the backspace

You prefer normal backspace... Sorry, I regularly use a HHKB.

[bloodygood]

And I will be finalizing mine very soon, I am just working on layout updates now.
I also prefer the HHKB backspace because it truly makes more sense to me to having it closer to enter (reduce finger strain for those of us who make typos.)

[ishtob]

maybe I should try this too, i dont really have money for a HHKB

[TheProfosist]

maybe I should try this too, i dont really have money for a HHKB

Great Idea! I then recommended to you my layout. By the way, Caps Lock was in the right place on the Model F they have screwed it up since the Model M.

[bloodygood]

maybe I should try this too, i dont really have money for a HHKB

Actually you probably do have money for a Happy Hacking Keyboard Lite which is what I normally take with me to school (This is a rubber dome keyboard, but it doesn't /feel/ like rubber dome)
And I would say that is the best way to get comfortable with the layout of the HHKB, although it has dedicated arrow keys which the Topre doesn't have. and an extra Fn key on the left side, which the Topre doesn't.

[TheProfosist]

Actually you probably do have money for a Happy Hacking Keyboard Lite which is what I normally take with me to school (This is a rubber dome keyboard, but it doesn't /feel/ like rubber dome)
And I would say that is the best way to get comfortable with the layout of the HHKB, although it has dedicated arrow keys which the Topre doesn't have. and an extra Fn key on the left side, which the Topre doesn't.

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there is a Fn key on the left when you use dip switch you kill left win, just about everyone does it. And I want full size arrows or nothing, I have those half size keys.

[ishtob]

this is what I bring to school:


Its my dox!

[ishtob]

lol im in middle of a lecture, snuck a quick snapshot with my phone, sorry for the blurry

[TheProfosist]

this is what I bring to school:

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Its my dox! :D

Nice if only my future DOX had a case :(

[TheProfosist]

lol im in middle of a lecture, snuck a quick snapshot with my phone, sorry for the blurry

lol its cool like the HHKB roof

[ishtob]

yup I love the roof, it wa sworth the $40.
Its in the bag cuz mech keyboards that arent mx red or black are too noisy to use during class.. though I have done it on a few occasions

[ishtob]

Oh, and there will be ~10 people with a spare poker case whenever those aluminum cases gets shipped out, so try to get a hold of one from someone if you just want a quick case to start using the dox

[TheProfosist]

Oh, and there will be ~10 people with a spare poker case whenever those aluminum cases gets shipped out, so try to get a hold of one from someone if you just want a quick case to start using the dox

That sir is a GREAT idea!

Think we can get a plate to fit in the poker case?

posted in the classifieds

[ishtob]

someone should look into who those korean at kbdmania.net does their cases... they look awesome
something like this

[bloodygood]

I personally just want those custom printed keycaps since we will all have different layouts it would be great to have front facing Fn layer lasered (or engraving, my personal choice) Most likely not double shot since that would require about eleventy billion molds.

But I would be happy to use blanks until we can get custom printing done to the keycaps. Because darn it I want PBT keycaps.

[TheProfosist]

someone should look into who those korean at kbdmania.net does their cases... they look awesome
something like this

That actually seems preety simple compare to other cases I have seen

[ishtob]

im happy with a standard set of caps and just memorize my layer... which I have already done

I love my vintage dolch caps

[ishtob]

That actually seems preety simple compare to other cases I have seen

yea looks like 4 layers of a CNC/laser cut acrylic

[TheProfosist]

I personally just want those custom printed keycaps since we will all have different layouts it would be great to have front facing Fn layer lasered (or engraving, my personal choice) Most likely not double shot since that would require about eleventy billion molds.

But I would be happy to use blanks until we can get custom printing done to the keycaps. Because darn it I want PBT keycaps.

I just going to get mine in white from WASD have him etch my layout on. sadly he can only do the top curretly so the FN layer will be going in the lower right of the keycap.

[bloodygood]

I just going to get mine in white from WASD have him etch my layout on. sadly he can only do the top curretly so the FN layer will be going in the lower right of the keycap.

He does plan to be able to do front faces in the future, so I was hoping to buy all blank keycaps and then have them laser/etched/something later on by WASD if he can do that.

[TheProfosist]

He does plan to be able to do front faces in the future, so I was hoping to buy all blank keycaps and then have them laser/etched/something later on by WASD if he can do that.

I know he plans to (probably in my thread). Though, I dont know when that is going to happen though many project he originally had planned kind of stalled.

[ishtob]

this is another interesting case I was looking at:
http://www.kbdmania.net/xe/index.php?mid=photo&page=29&document_srl=2982729

[TheProfosist]

this is another interesting case I was looking at:
http://www.kbdmania.net/xe/index.php?mid=photo&page=29&document_srl=2982729

lloks to be made the same just different material.

[ishtob]

He does plan to be able to do front faces in the future, so I was hoping to buy all blank keycaps and then have them laser/etched/something later on by WASD if he can do that.

ever considered slide-transfer sheets:
http://www.kbdmania.net/xe/index.php?mid=photo&page=42&document_srl=2893523

problem is i have no idea where we would acquire them

[bloodygood]

ever considered slide-transfer sheets:
http://www.kbdmania.net/xe/index.php?mid=photo&page=42&document_srl=2893523

problem is i have no idea where we would acquire them

That would actually be pretty nice, I would have to wonder how long it will last though, or if it really is permanent

[TheProfosist]

ever considered slide-transfer sheets:
http://www.kbdmania.net/xe/index.php?mid=photo&page=42&document_srl=2893523

problem is i have no idea where we would acquire them

I dont really mind the fact that their on top it works if layed out right. Would definitly jave to do a fully custom layout (would probably have to do that anyway since the layout is non standard [once i contact WASD and he agrees to do the project]).

[bloodygood]

Out of curiosity I think you said that you weren't using official stabilizer bars, has that been changed? Since I would love to know if they actually fit so we don't have to create our own.
http://www.wasdkeyboards.com/index.php/products/keyboard-parts-1.html
It would be nice if we can have the actual size since that would be a very cheap price for them.
Or does cherry use some other type of stabilizer bar.

[ishtob]

I am using the spacing of official bars, its just the stabilizers I harvest have bars that are too rusted or gross for me to want to use. I create my own to replicate the originals, so there shouldnt be any difference

[alaricljs]

ever considered slide-transfer sheets:
http://www.kbdmania.net/xe/index.php?mid=photo&page=42&document_srl=2893523

problem is i have no idea where we would acquire them

Maybe here.

[tsangan]

ever considered slide-transfer sheets:
http://www.kbdmania.net/xe/index.php?mid=photo&page=42&document_srl=2893523

problem is i have no idea where we would acquire them

you could ask this fellow GeekHacker he seems to have somewhat of what you're looking for.

I want stickers to do this

[TheProfosist]

We can get the caps for the default layer I think were mostly looking for ways of adding the fn layer to the side of the keys. though i think Ill just stick with wasd as I know it will turn out well (pertaining I do the legends properly).

[bloodygood]

you could ask this fellow GeekHacker he seems to have somewhat of what you're looking for.

I want stickers to do this

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I have seen the neon glow stickers, they are not all that amazing. We are looking for the smaller style meant just for front key face text.

[bloodygood]

So after staring at the keyboard matrix in relation to the Teensy pins this is what I came up with. Does it make sense to anyone? I don't understand quite what each pin on the Teensy does I guess. Why does Esc have its own pin? And in what order do the columns make sense to what pin they are wired to.

Row 0 - B0
Row 1 - B1
Row 2 - B2
Row 3 - B3
Row 4 - B4
Esc - B5
Col 0 - D0
Col 1 - D1
Col 2 - D2
Col 3 - D3
Col 4 - C5
Col 5 - C7
Col 6 - D6
Col 7 - D7
Col 8 - F6
Col 9 - F7
Col 10 - F5
Col 11 - F4
Col 12 - F1
Col 13 - F0

[bloodygood]

Finalized my layout, now just need to fix the layout on the PCB plus move the teensy to the back so that the plate won't interfere.

[TheProfosist]

Finalized my layout, now just need to fix the layout on the PCB plus move the teensy to the back so that the plate won't interfere.

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plate wont interfere now though u need a hole in it. I believe we originally had it in the back was kinda complicated.

[TheProfosist]

I have tracked down my total of 2 poker cases. Now I need to know can we fit a plate in the poker case? If so we need to design one if not I will have to go wit PCB mounted switches (ick).

[ishtob]

im pretty sure there is a way to design one to fit the case

[TheProfosist]

im pretty sure there is a way to design one to fit the case

Awesome, so anyone know someone who can do it?

[TheProfosist]

So should I post something in the general forum looking for someone who can do it? Im getting help from haxeluff designing the file for my layout for WASD first try should be done soon ish.

So where the best place to get switches I want to make ergo clears new springs and stems. O yea and I need one of those locking switches. I plan to swap the spring in it to match also.

[TheProfosist]

So the template is finished.