Hello there,
A few days ago I acquired a broken Novatouch TKL, the problem being that, when attached to any pc
tested it with multiple devices it says the device is malfunctioning. I suspect it's a fried microcontroller so I thought of rewiring it to a teensy to get it working again.
Unfortunately I read that Topre switches work with an electrostatic layer and the wiring seems a bit more complex than your standard Cherry switch type keyboard and PCB.
I found this helpful article already:
http://vekkt0r.github.io/articles/novatouch-tkl-reverse-engineering-part-1/Now my main question is, would it be possible and somewhat easy? I have experience with the qmk, wiring standard keyboard matrices and some rudimentary software skills, if the only thing that's needed is activating the electrostatic layer and intercepting the matrix as 1s and 0s it shouldn't be a problem.
Otherwise I'll have to sell it off for the sliders which would be a waste.
Thanks in advance!