WYSE cherry board

[Soarer]

Hmm...

[Soarer]

gojira54 was very kind and sent me the WY50 PCB to play with

I think the WY50 keyboard should work with my Controller firmware already

Well let's see...

Plugged it into a Teensy with some female-to-female jumper wires:



Using these pins on the PCB connector (as detailed above, and skipping the shield ground on pin 1):



Hacked up a config for my Controller firmware:

 WYSE_WY50.sc (3.39 kB - downloaded 208 times.)

And it 'just worked' when I loaded it up and started shorting keys out Since the PCB had no switches in it, the sense_delay and debounce settings might need a minor tweak, but basically it was working OK.

I don't have the case, but if it's the same sort of size as the WY60 keyboard then there isn't a lot of room inside, probably not enough for a Teensy with pins and jumper wires. If I was properly modding one, I think I'd remove the PCB connector and solder wires directly, with the Teensy sitting on top of the PCB roughly where the connector was.

[MKULTRA]

gojira54 was very kind and sent me the WY50 PCB to play with

Plugged it into a Teensy with some female-to-female jumper wires:

(Attachment Link)

Using these pins on the PCB connector (as detailed above, and skipping the shield ground on pin 1):

(Attachment Link)

Hacked up a config for my Controller firmware:

(Attachment Link)

And it 'just worked' when I loaded it up and started shorting keys out Since the PCB had no switches in it, the sense_delay and debounce settings might need a minor tweak, but basically it was working OK.

Wow nice work.

[Toasty_Ohs]

Is there anyone who could give me pointers on how to actually do this?  I have a Wyse 50 keyboard, a Teensy 2.0 and the will to solder.

Much thanks.

[gotofbi]

I usually just extract switches and make new keyboard from wyse.
Black switches from wyse board are really good as far as from my experience.

[Toasty_Ohs]

So I was able to get things soldered together correctly, and I downloaded Soarers tools.

Is there a tutorial on how to work those somewhere?

[Toasty_Ohs]

So I think I got it.

In the tools folder, drop the WYSE_WY50.sc file on scaswr.bat. It then does some magic and creates a WYSE_WY50.sc.scb file.

Tested the keyboard after that and it now works.

Pics to follow.

[Toasty_Ohs]

That last image is potato quality, but it shows the Teensy in the tin surrounded by foam strips to keep it in place and keep it from shorting.  I have the the wires wrapped with a polyethylene spiral wrap.  (great stuff for armoring cables)

When I am sure everything is working the way I want it to, I will get a small box and and make a more in-line looking rig.