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geekhack Projects => Making Stuff Together! => Topic started by: ff6600 on Wed, 17 May 2017, 12:40:14

Title: Handwired Sixkey Mini-Keyboard Build
Post by: ff6600 on Wed, 17 May 2017, 12:40:14

I've been a steady lurker here on Geekhack for the last few years.
After building my own Ergodox, I guess I caught the custom keyboard bug and decided to build my own custom rig.

Features:

• Gateron Browns (leftovers from my Ergodox build)
• Cycling 3mm RGB LEDs
• Speaker
• QMK Firmware

Thanks to everyone here for sharing so much knowledge, I wouldn't have been able to do any of this without your expertise.

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

(http://imgur.com/zQA2Zmw.jpg)

(http://imgur.com/f7StzTN.jpg)

(http://imgur.com/kGfTh6z.jpg)

(http://imgur.com/YgvYbon.jpg)

(http://imgur.com/zzLyeW9.jpg)

I used a combination of the keyboard layout generator and Swilkb's builder to create the plate and the case. I used Lasergist to cut the plate and Ponoko to cut the case out of bamboo.

I'll be the first to admit, the case it ridiculously tall for a keyboard. If it was anything but a mini-keyboard it'd be almost useless. But here it works.

(http://i.imgur.com/QNgeZH2.jpg)