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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: spwath on Fri, 27 May 2016, 17:18:23
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Come with my on my journey of building my custom split keyboard.
Parts:
Custom plates
Purple Zealios
Granite DSA keycaps
2x teensys
Total price~ $300
Keycaps arrived, and show the layout that the keyboard will be
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Plates arived, and I started to put zealios in. One thing, the left plates holes are too big, I will have to have it remade
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Put all switches and keycaps onto the right plate
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Started to wire top plate
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More coming soon
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Awesome!
How about produce "switch traces only" PCB?
My first PCB has no diodes or ICs at all, just for switch traces.
It's pretty much simple, not too easy.
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Awesome!
How about produce "switch traces only" PCB?
My first PCB has no diodes or ICs at all, just for switch traces.
It's pretty much simple, not too easy.
Hmm, i havent looked into PCB's at all.
Ill just hand wire this one, but if i ever build a new keyboard, i might look into a PCB
Oh cool, you are behind the VEA keyboard. Its really cool, I would get one, but im doing this keyboard. I love split keyboards ever since I got an Apple Adjustable keyboard.
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Did some more soldering, and got my other plate. I can see what the final layout will be and test it.
WOw thoes granite keycaps are sexy.
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Next to my Apple Adjustable Keyboard
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Very interesting use of the ISO enter for the spacebars!
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Very interesting use of the ISO enter for the spacebars!
Yeah, seemed like best option to have a bigger space bar. Not sure if there are really any readily avalible bigger keys
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Another update.
Made some wood stuffs.
Think ill make my wrist wrest smaller....
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This is new
(https://linustechtips.com/main/uploads/monthly_2016_08/19ni7z.gif.9a2230743ff259d09558ba605da65c70.gif)
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(https://i.imgflip.com/19nk1j.gif)
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Bling bling, baby. :D
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B.E.A.U.T.I.F.U.L!
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Really love the look of this, something spartan and really attractive about it, great job.
Kindof a rookie question here but I see you and Zefyr talking about PCBs and see that you are not using one for this build, I didn't know you could create a keyboard without one, are you just daisy-chain soldering the switches to each other to a USB port and then letting whatever you plug it into handle the software side of the keyboard?
Edit: Here's the problem with being new to the community, I don't always know where all the resources are to answer my own questions, haha, I think I just found a few tutorials that might answer my above question, but any insight you guys have would be appreciated!!
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Really love the look of this, something spartan and really attractive about it, great job.
Kindof a rookie question here but I see you and Zefyr talking about PCBs and see that you are not using one for this build, I didn't know you could create a keyboard without one, are you just daisy-chain soldering the switches to each other to a USB port and then letting whatever you plug it into handle the software side of the keyboard?
Edit: Here's the problem with being new to the community, I don't always know where all the resources are to answer my own questions, haha, I think I just found a few tutorials that might answer my above question, but any insight you guys have would be appreciated!!
I believe he is using external controller like Arduino or Teensy :)
Those controllers have lots of software resources out there on public.
And here's one keyboard dedicated external controller made by winkeyless.
http://winkeyless.com/product/u-con-pcb/
This need some additional effort to use RGB otherwise it is pretty easy to build custom keyboard.
I used it with my early designs.
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Really love the look of this, something spartan and really attractive about it, great job.
Kindof a rookie question here but I see you and Zefyr talking about PCBs and see that you are not using one for this build, I didn't know you could create a keyboard without one, are you just daisy-chain soldering the switches to each other to a USB port and then letting whatever you plug it into handle the software side of the keyboard?
Edit: Here's the problem with being new to the community, I don't always know where all the resources are to answer my own questions, haha, I think I just found a few tutorials that might answer my above question, but any insight you guys have would be appreciated!!
I believe he is using external controller like Arduino or Teensy :)
Those controllers have lots of software resources out there on public.
And here's one keyboard dedicated external controller made by winkeyless.
http://winkeyless.com/product/u-con-pcb/
This need some additional effort to use RGB otherwise it is pretty easy to build custom keyboard.
I used it with my early designs.
Do you know if I can buy that in the US?
I'm having some troubles with Teensy.