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Offline profet

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New Build Atreus62 (60%)
« on: Mon, 21 December 2015, 22:02:54 »
Decided to start my first hand wired build over my upcoming vacation.

Build parts arrived today.

Sneak preview:


Building this larger Atreus for my wife. She wanted something smallish but took a look at the Atreus images online and decided she couldn't get used to a 40% board. So this is the compromise.

I'm excited to see how it'll turn out.

Using a Pro Micro as the controller.
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Offline Rhedone

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Re: New Build Atreus62 (60%)
« Reply #1 on: Tue, 22 December 2015, 04:59:00 »
Looks cool, the casing is gonna be completely wood? and what switches are you planning on using?
looking forward to the build logs ^^
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Re: New Build Atreus62 (60%)
« Reply #2 on: Tue, 22 December 2015, 08:51:21 »
The case is 5 layers of Cherry veneer MDF that are 3.5mm thick.

Top layer
Plate
2 Spacers
Bottom

For a total of 17.5mm thickness.

I'm going to be using Cherry MX Clears.
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Re: New Build Atreus62 (60%)
« Reply #3 on: Tue, 22 December 2015, 09:14:43 »
Cool! What is the overall width on this?
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Re: New Build Atreus62 (60%)
« Reply #4 on: Wed, 23 December 2015, 16:14:18 »


Integrating the diodes into the switches, thinking (hoping?) that it'll give me a cleaner matrix in the end.
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Re: New Build Atreus62 (60%)
« Reply #5 on: Wed, 23 December 2015, 16:16:35 »
Quote from: MrRooks on Tue, 22 December 2015, 09:14:43
Cool! What is the overall width on this?

293mm at its widest point
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Re: New Build Atreus62 (60%)
« Reply #6 on: Thu, 24 December 2015, 12:10:37 »
Switches hot glued in place. Rows wired up.

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Re: New Build Atreus62 (60%)
« Reply #7 on: Fri, 25 December 2015, 12:11:23 »
Columns done. Integrating the diodes came out nice and clean.

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Re: New Build Atreus62 (60%)
« Reply #8 on: Fri, 25 December 2015, 13:55:21 »
Quote from: profet on Wed, 23 December 2015, 16:14:18
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Integrating the diodes into the switches, thinking (hoping?) that it'll give me a cleaner matrix in the end.
It really does keep things cleaner, I've done it myself and was pleased with how it simplified the look of the final matrix.

Nice job so far.
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Re: New Build Atreus62 (60%)
« Reply #9 on: Fri, 25 December 2015, 15:11:08 »
Quote from: profet on Fri, 25 December 2015, 12:11:23
Columns done. Integrating the diodes came out nice and clean.

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Very clean looking wiring you have there! :thumb:

In-switch diodes do clean things up a bit, however I have seen some clean builds as well where people have opted to keep the diodes outside of the switch. Either way nice job!
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Re: New Build Atreus62 (60%)
« Reply #10 on: Sat, 26 December 2015, 16:11:30 »
Decided to get a little messy for the sake of maintenance and added right angle headers to the microcontroller and then used female jumper wire to connect the matrix.

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Re: New Build Atreus62 (60%)
« Reply #11 on: Sat, 26 December 2015, 16:12:38 »
All closed up and working perfectly... just need to add some keycaps:

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Re: New Build Atreus62 (60%)
« Reply #12 on: Sun, 27 December 2015, 03:32:38 »
Nice work. Did you use TMK with the Pro Micro?
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Re: New Build Atreus62 (60%)
« Reply #13 on: Sun, 27 December 2015, 08:58:57 »
Quote from: TalkingTree on Sun, 27 December 2015, 03:32:38
Nice work. Did you use TMK with the Pro Micro?

Yeah... Still deciding on layout.
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Re: New Build Atreus62 (60%)
« Reply #14 on: Sun, 27 December 2015, 16:49:19 »
These are the keycaps my wife chose... waiting on some blanks to show up so I can get rid of some of the odd keys... (that "6" key for "Tab" really irks me)

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Re: New Build Atreus62 (60%)
« Reply #15 on: Sun, 27 December 2015, 17:25:39 »
Quote from: profet on Sun, 27 December 2015, 16:49:19
These are the keycaps my wife chose... waiting on some blanks to show up so I can get rid of some of the odd keys... (that "6" key for "Tab" really irks me)

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I like it! I just got that set for Christmas (also chosen by my wife :) )
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Re: New Build Atreus62 (60%)
« Reply #16 on: Wed, 01 February 2017, 20:14:10 »
Apologies for the necro.

Can you detail how you integrated the diodes into the switches? I've seen rumors of it around but only seen it on switches specifically designed for it. My google-fu is weak, so I can't seem to find more info on how to do it with run of the mill cherry switches. Tried examining your pictures closely but can't quite see what to look for.
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Re: New Build Atreus62 (60%)
« Reply #17 on: Wed, 01 February 2017, 20:27:08 »
All MX style switches support in switch diodes. Open the switches put the diodes inside. The legs should stick out the outer most holes in the switch housing.
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Re: New Build Atreus62 (60%)
« Reply #18 on: Wed, 01 February 2017, 21:52:10 »
Quote from: profet on Wed, 01 February 2017, 20:27:08
All MX style switches support in switch diodes. Open the switches put the diodes inside. The legs should stick out the outer most holes in the switch housing.

Ah, that's what I thought from the pictures but wasn't quite sure. Thanks!
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