Hi guys, I started designing my keyboard a couple months ago, and now it is finally coming into fruition.
![](http://i.imgur.com/j0Nb6Id.png)
jdcarpe has helped me design the plate. Here it is with a few modifications.
![](http://i.imgur.com/btGCxI8.png)
So I got a 1.5mm thick steel plate lasered and it came back kind of scratched up. The finish wasn't all that great, but I shouldn't complain since the plate was free.
Next thing I needed were the switches. It took a while to contact Tsangan, but when I finally got my switches I was so surprised! Not only was it inexpensive, there were more than the advertised amount of switches in there, came with a roll of 1n4148 diodes, and aluminum feet!
Now enough of me talking, here are the pics:
![](http://i.imgur.com/2XFfwmQ.jpg)
![](http://i.imgur.com/p8LswQ0.jpg)
![](http://i.imgur.com/wbZmdg2.jpg)
I need pins d4 and d5 so that's why I bought the small 2 pin header.
I'm going to solder tonight and update you guys with images later.