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geekhack Community => New Members => Topic started by: zeltner on Wed, 13 January 2016, 20:13:41
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Hey everyone. I picked up my first mech board last February. A Das 4 Ultimate with MX Browns. Since then I picked up an identical DAS for my board at the office.
I have been reading up and decided I wanted a board that was good for on the go and decided I am ready to try a 60% board. I just jumped on this DIY kit over on massdrop https://www.massdrop.com/buy/sentraq-60-diy-keyboard-kit as well as this wooden case https://www.massdrop.com/buy/pok3r-wood-case which should make for a nice on the go experience. This will be my first excursion into building a keyboard so I am pretty excited.
I also have been considering the idea of a mechanical "media center" board for my living room. At the moment i have a logitec k400 http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-Wireless-Keyboard-Built-In-Multi-Touch/dp/B005DKZTMG for this duty but thought it would be sweet if I could give this thing mechanical switches. Plus I cant stand the placement of the right shift key so I want to move the physical location of some of the keys around too.
Looking around the internet I see there are plenty of logitec controller hacks so I feel like this is feasible. I'm wondering if anyone has done this before and included the touchpad? I obviously would need a new case to fit the mechanical switches in... I was thinking maybe I could wire it up and use a tkl size plate in a fullsize case and then mount the touchpad where the tenkey would normally go... Anyway, this is a project for the future once I get the first DIY under my belt. But any tips or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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If you ever undertake that, do make sure to post pictures! I have a similar wireless keyboard for the raspberry pi, but it really sucks :p
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Welcome to Geekhack!
Unless you're prepared for a huge amount of work to convert the K400, it might be easier to find a G80-8113 or similar and convert that to Bluetooth.
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I don't expect it to be easy, but being a complete noob I am honestly not sure what the actual level of difficulty is with this or doing a bluetooth mod for that matter. I've found a few articles around the web where people have hand wired stuff to logitech controllers so I figured I'd start with trying to mimic those.
I will def check out those Cherry boards you mention though because that looks like almost exactly what I am looking for, minus the wireless.
Either way I am going to build the Sentraq S60-X kit first (whenever it arrives) and then from there re-evaluate this wireless project once I have a better feel for what is involved with building a keyboard.
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welcome to the world of tinkering. RIP you wallet