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geekhack Projects => Making Stuff Together! => Topic started by: alfa147x on Wed, 08 May 2013, 16:45:19

Title: Filco MiniLa swap Alt and Win key. Teensy my best bet? Custom controller?
Post by: alfa147x on Wed, 08 May 2013, 16:45:19
I have a Filco MiniLa on the way and I would like to swap the Alt and Win keys. I would just remap them using an application but I don't have admin permissions on some machines that it will be used with. Also eventually I would like to further customize the layout.

I wonder if I could somehow rewire it to work with the Filco tenkeyless custom ATmega32u4 controller (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=35065.0)?

Here is what the board on the Filco MiniLa looks like:
(http://i.imgur.com/uY6UyoM.jpg]http://i.imgur.com/uY6UyoM.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/S4nSkWF.jpg]http://i.imgur.com/S4nSkWF.jpg)

I'm hoping if this works out I could make a similar plug in play board like the Filco tenkeyless custom ATmega32u4 controller.

Any ideas?
Title: Re: Filco MiniLa swap Alt and Win key. Teensy my best bet? Custom controller?
Post by: simkev on Fri, 10 May 2013, 09:26:39
You could short some traces and rewire them but wire alt to win and win to alt. Not that sophisticated but it works.
Title: Re: Filco MiniLa swap Alt and Win key. Teensy my best bet? Custom controller?
Post by: alfa147x on Fri, 10 May 2013, 09:44:40
Quote from: simkev on Fri, 10 May 2013, 09:26:39
You could short some traces and rewire them but wire alt to win and win to alt. Not that sophisticated but it works.

Yeah I kinda wanted a cleaner job than that ;) Ended up getting a Teensy from a friend and looks like I'll be mapping out the matrix soon.
Title: Re: Filco MiniLa swap Alt and Win key. Teensy my best bet? Custom controller?
Post by: SmallFry on Fri, 10 May 2013, 10:15:01
Flip over the controller for us would you?
Title: Re: Filco MiniLa swap Alt and Win key. Teensy my best bet? Custom controller?
Post by: alfa147x on Fri, 10 May 2013, 10:38:57
Quote from: SmallFry on Fri, 10 May 2013, 10:15:01
Flip over the controller for us would you?

I was planning on taking a picture of the other side of the controller when I got the board. It should be delivered today. I just found that image online.
Title: Re: Filco MiniLa swap Alt and Win key. Teensy my best bet? Custom controller?
Post by: SmallFry on Fri, 10 May 2013, 10:40:47
Aha, thanks. If we can see what microcontroller the MiniLA uses, we may have a place to start when seeing if we can use the 32u4. :)
Title: Re: Filco MiniLa swap Alt and Win key. Teensy my best bet? Custom controller?
Post by: alfa147x on Fri, 10 May 2013, 12:22:57
Quote from: SmallFry on Fri, 10 May 2013, 10:40:47
Aha, thanks. If we can see what microcontroller the MiniLA uses, we may have a place to start when seeing if we can use the 32u4. :)

Yeah. I wish we could make a drop in replacement controller but it doesn't seem like this keyboard is popular enough for a project like that.
Title: Re: Filco MiniLa swap Alt and Win key. Teensy my best bet? Custom controller?
Post by: alfa147x on Fri, 10 May 2013, 16:04:50
(http://i.imgur.com/cdOuh8C.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/oFA8N8e.jpg)
Tried to take a panorama to show more detail.

(http://i.imgur.com/iIavpD7.jpg)