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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: TheSven on Thu, 08 January 2015, 13:09:53

Title: Hand wiring questions
Post by: TheSven on Thu, 08 January 2015, 13:09:53

Hey there GH. I've been looking into hand wired keyboards like the Planck and Atomic. However, I notice that I've never seen a real TKL, only 60% or below. Is there a reason for this, for example, a Teensy not being able to have that many inputs? Or is it just because nobody has ever produced plates like this? Thanks.

Title: Re: Hand wiring questions
Post by: CPTBadAss on Thu, 08 January 2015, 13:12:37

TKL is probably one of the easiest layouts to find in general and to get customized boards in. If you notice, most handwired stuff is really customized and a lot of people like smaller boards. So...they make a smaller customized board and handwire it.

Title: Re: Hand wiring questions
Post by: jdcarpe on Thu, 08 January 2015, 15:01:32

I'm guessing you're into non-staggered, matrix layouts.

Have you read my Prototyping New Keyboard Designs (Using Plate Mounting and Direct Wiring) (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=40567.0) thread?

Also, matt3o has some excellent writeups on Deskthority.

http://deskthority.net/workshop-f7/building-a-custom-keyboard-from-the-ground-up-t5761.html

http://deskthority.net/workshop-f7/how-to-build-your-very-own-keyboard-firmware-t7177.html



You could always get a Tipro and hack away at it. :)