Hey everyone,
I'm about to solder things together, I tested the PCB a bit, but couldn't do detailed testing without soldering switches
My question is, should I add a single led to a single keycap?
I was intending to install leds, yet I noticed that 2x3x4mm leds I got touches the cherry profile keycaps and costar stabs at the same time, so it's a no-no, yet I can modify a switch top to install the led into the switch itself, I know that the PCB flashes leds in the firmware_flash mode etc. - that's why I'm wondering whether a single led would be useful (it will be the Fn key at the right side of the keyboard)
The PCB and firmware is such a black box right now, that's why I'm hesitant to install even that one led, I don't want it turning on and off whenever I press CapsLock+Esc etc.
I guess I will go ahead and install that led, worst case scenario I can de-solder it, I guess what I'm really looking for is a rough explanation of the led logic and different led behaviours
(Edit: I also can't remember whether it was the CapsLock led that did the flashing etc. I would rather avoid installing a caps-lock led)
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Edit 2
I ended up soldering my secondary PCB with three switches / 3 leds
There doesn't seem to be a side-effect of adding leds, all leds flash on flash-programming mode, so soldering any led would work
With the default firmware that comes pre-loaded with the Sprit PCB, there are many obvious bugs that are noticeable even at first trial, couple of times I was able to lock the keyboard completely while I was testing CapsLock+Esc functionality
When CapsLock is software mapped to something else, all these issues vanished, If I'm not mistaken, CapsLock+Esc stopped working too, so that was a huge plus
Another minor piece of information, auto-rotating RGB leds only auto rotate when leds are full
Going to update the firmware/keymap now and see how it goes, I will update this post/thread if anything worth mentioning comes up
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Edit 3
Tested the sprit PCB with a TMK USB-to-USB converter, does anyone know why the caps-lock led blinks slowly? (keyboard didn't work, just the caps-lock led blinked)
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Edit 4
Tested the sprit PCB with TMK PS2-to-USB converter, the capslock led flashes slowly, but in between flashes, there is a brief interval where keys register, I'm guessing both [3] and [4-this] is due to the auto PS2/USB selection routine