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Title: I need help.please~about keyboard size and code
Post by: Mine on Thu, 12 September 2013, 19:03:26
i want diy a keyboard,i need a design size and code, i have ATmega32u4,so i need code ,but i don`t know how to code
Please look pic ,i `m a chinese ,so my english is bad, sorry,i think people can understand my idea

http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z0k.1000775.1.44.CKrK2Z&id=22040575322

http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z0k.1000775.1.81.CKrK2Z&id=16629933147

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Title: Re: I need help.please~about keyboard size and code
Post by: Mine on Thu, 12 September 2013, 21:10:17
Please... Anyone? :(
Title: Re: I need help.please~about keyboard size and code
Post by: Hellmark on Fri, 13 September 2013, 09:33:19
Can you please quit reposting the same post? It is not likely to get anyone to help you.

Also part of the problem is you've picked a board that no one really uses. Most people go for the Teensy, and there are several different firmwares available for that. On something Arduino based, people around here would have to do something from scratch, and it isn't a quick undertaking, especially to do for some total stranger. Just because the two are a similar form factor and chipset, doesn't mean they're compatible.

As far as the key spacing, generally it is 19.05mm between keys. For the gap between the function row and the number row, well, that's kinda your preference. There are different files floating around for keyboard plates and PCBs, take a look at those.

Title: Re: I need help.please~about keyboard size and code
Post by: Mine on Sat, 14 September 2013, 20:47:34
Can you please quit reposting the same post? It is not likely to get anyone to help you.

Also part of the problem is you've picked a board that no one really uses. Most people go for the Teensy, and there are several different firmwares available for that. On something Arduino based, people around here would have to do something from scratch, and it isn't a quick undertaking, especially to do for some total stranger. Just because the two are a similar form factor and chipset, doesn't mean they're compatible.

As far as the key spacing, generally it is 19.05mm between keys. For the gap between the function row and the number row, well, that's kinda your preference. There are different files floating around for keyboard plates and PCBs, take a look at those.
thinks~~ ;D i will try to
Title: Re: I need help.please~about keyboard size and code
Post by: Mine on Sat, 14 September 2013, 20:51:51
Can you please quit reposting the same post? It is not likely to get anyone to help you.

Also part of the problem is you've picked a board that no one really uses. Most people go for the Teensy, and there are several different firmwares available for that. On something Arduino based, people around here would have to do something from scratch, and it isn't a quick undertaking, especially to do for some total stranger. Just because the two are a similar form factor and chipset, doesn't mean they're compatible.

As far as the key spacing, generally it is 19.05mm between keys. For the gap between the function row and the number row, well, that's kinda your preference. There are different files floating around for keyboard plates and PCBs, take a look at those.
i have a quesion,19.05mm?it is looks like no 19.05mm~~The distance is not too great,I use google translator
Title: Re: I need help.please~about keyboard size and code
Post by: Hellmark on Sun, 15 September 2013, 00:50:41
Here's directly from the Cherry spec sheet for the MX switches (http://www.jameco.com/Jameco/Products/ProdDS/513471.pdf)
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Standard lead spacing 19.05 mm

Try do some actual leg work on your own.
Title: Re: I need help.please~about keyboard size and code
Post by: metalliqaz on Sun, 15 September 2013, 00:51:56
The deskthority wiki contains lots of information for designing your own keyboard