I really wish I knew more about the atmega stuff because the teensy takes up so much room.
I really wish I knew more about the atmega stuff because the teensy takes up so much room.
I have a basic seed starter for the atmega32U4, U2 and AT90 that has just the pieces needed to get the microcontroller running, I can either post up the schematic or get you a copy of that later tonight if you like. The plans that MOZ posted in his 65% split project are quite nice, although with everything blocked out it might be harder to see what's necessary just for the controller piece if you're not used to looking at it. I started my first 2 or 3 projects using the Teensy, but space needed for all of the pins and unavailable USB breakout make it a little difficult to fit into tight spaces. For me, everything changed when Komar007 produced the first GH60 revision.
i'd love to take a look at your breakout for that, see if i can figure out what i'm looking at :D i really appreciate it.
would you mind if i posted it to my github repository for this? i'm trying to centralize all the workings for this.
I had to look up the Keycool you were talking about since I wasn't familiar with it, but that split spacebar can make a big difference in how the keyboard can feel to you. I happen to like this layout you've come up with. I could see myself using something like this, but I might ditch the left side space bar, shrink the center function key and add even more 1.25s down there.
One thing I can tell you right away is that you're going to limit what keycaps and sets you can use, unless you have customs made. DSA would work well, or R3 SA. Just something to be aware of, don't let it discourage you. Now, since you're already in the realm of needing odd caps, you could actually fit your project into a 60% case by removing .5 from the right hand side. If you shrunk the Backspace (1.0), Pipe (1.0), Enter (1.75), RightShift (1.25) and knocked the two Spaces down to 2.0 it would all fit. That might be too many compromises for you though, especially hitting that 1.0 backspace or 1.25 right shift. I'm just playing with your layout now, you don't have to listen to me :D.
In the end, your layout looks like something that you've come up with to personally suit you, in which case by all means you should pursue it even if nobody else chimes in. I would probably start with a hand-wired acrylic plate, just to see if you really do like it, all the while you could start working on a PCB with all of the features that you want. You could always re-use the acrylic plate, or at that point have an aluminum/steel/brass/titanium/diamond-studded-platinum one cut. :thumb:
I hit the space exclusively with my right thumb as well... just under the N, a little closer to M. I centered the switch there, but used a 2.75. I probably could have made it smaller. The other thumb lands just under the V, so I put my Fn key there.MoreShow Image(http://geekhack.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=69978.0;attach=94245;image)
Now I want a 'Space' key that has front printed 'the final frontier' on it
Great idea. Certainly unique.
I'll be honest because you said you have thick skin. The layout is aesthetically jarring, especially that bottom row. It's looking better on your later revisions, but it scares me a little bit. The extra keys would be nice to have, especially dedicated arrow keys. The keycap & case compatibility concerns have already been raised.
And finally, if you're going to move around all those keys, the least you can do is put Backspace where it properly belongs (in the \| position).
why do i love these time sinks so much
hopefully i can incorporate OPTIONS into this board. if anyone is interested anyway.
give me your thoughts!
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Kind of like this?why do i love these time sinks so much
hopefully i can incorporate OPTIONS into this board. if anyone is interested anyway.
give me your thoughts!
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Like the bottom left one the most. I've always wanted to design something with a 1x key on the middle. Plus, it has plenty of good size modifiers on the bottom row.
NiceKind of like this?why do i love these time sinks so much
hopefully i can incorporate OPTIONS into this board. if anyone is interested anyway.
give me your thoughts!
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Like the bottom left one the most. I've always wanted to design something with a 1x key on the middle. Plus, it has plenty of good size modifiers on the bottom row.Show Image(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160315/9de41990289250c58bb5e561624462cd.jpg)
Nice work! Must be super cool to make the PCB at home as well.
Nice work! Must be super cool to make the PCB at home as well.
it was till my motion controller crashed. so i wasn't able to do PCB milling. however. i have all the parts for my new Pro grade motion controller set up just have to assemble, wire, config, test.