Hey everyone. I have been converting Model Ms (mostly 122key terminal variants) to internal USB (using Soarers converter) and I have 3 more that I bought as a lot to convert. (2 standard 101 key models and one more 122 key terminal variant) since I ran out of the 4 I had at first.
The bluetooth module I will be using is the adafruit Bluefruit, and I will use a bulkhead connector for charging the internal battery, and a small pairing and power button on the rear of the keyboard. ( i saw a project using the blue fruit and they used a very large light up button, but I think that ruins the vintage look of the keyboard)
here is the project I will base my conversions on:
https://learn.adafruit.com/convert-your-model-m-keyboard-to-bluetooth-with-bluefruit-ez-key-hid/overview the only difference will be that I intend to use a much smaller more descrete paring button, and I will probably use a larger battery.
I saw that there was a guy who had made his own controller board for the model M that was bluetooth, and had a lot of interest in them, if I do full conversions to bluetooth, do you think there would be much interest? Is Bluetooth a very much desired feature?
Seems that the limitation is the constant charging up that Bluetooth requires.
Any bluetooth Model M fans here?
-Ezra
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