Mechanical Keyboards

I had spare PCBs left over from an earlier project. I got the Signature Plastics DSS Honeywell keycaps on sale from a vendor who was closing down. I made the plate design using online tools, then cut it and the bottom plate on my home laser. I designed the 3D-printed case to look like the original terminal keyboards that inspired the keycaps. I used black switches because a heavy linear feels right for something like this. Firmware is QMK/VIAL. More info here. There’s much that could be better, but I’m pleased with how it came out.

Join our Groupbuy: https://www.jellykey.com/artisan-keycaps/retrotv-series-first-frame

I’m making a custom keyboard with a Raspberry Pi Pico as the MCU, and i don’t understand what all the different pins are for and how they should be wired up to my key matrix and trackpoint.

I was counting my boards a few weeks ago and realized I had enough to post one every week for the next year. I’m three weeks into this project, and recently discovered an app called Keebuilder. I’ve been using it to catalog and share my builds as I take images every week. Over the years I’ve built so many I’ve forgotten what I built them with, so am using Keebuilder to index that info as I look up my receipts. Soon enough I’ll finally have a database of all of my builds, thanks to Keebuilder.

While most people don’t spend a lot of time thinking about the keys they tap all day, mechanical keyboard enthusiasts certainly do. As interest in DIY keyboards expands, there are plenty of things to obsess over, such as keycap sets, layout, knobs, and switches. But you have to get deep into the hobby before you realize there’s something more important than all that: the stabilizers.

Keyboard from 2010 built by TG3 for a Siemens chemistry analyzer. I cleaned it up, added some weight to the bottom, and converted to USB. Cherry MX Black and PBT Dye-subbed DCS caps. Take a peek at what should be F9 and F10 (and are after conversion), as well as some of the keys above the numpad, which, tangentially, now has 5 keys that do absolutely nothing related to what's written on them.

Keyboard is one I first made a year or so ago, but recently upgraded a little. DIY with laser-cut Masonite plate, 3D printed sides, Outemu "mid height" Black switches, and JWA PBT low-profile keycaps with DIY legends. KMK firmware on an RP2040 dev board.

Like many of you, I've wrestled with the tap-hold dilemma: set a short TAPPING_TERM for quick holds at the cost of accidental activations, or lengthen it for more reliable tapping, which can make holds feel sluggish. While there are many clever settings to tweak, I often felt I had to significantly adapt my typing style to the algorithm, rather than the algorithm to me.

J42Kbm with TTC Venus and KAT Space Dust Asymplex Artisan HuB Spacebars

OC by @catlover@sh.itjust.works

More pics: https://imgur.com/a/epomaker-tide65-mods-cGhisks

publicação cruzada de: https://lemmy.world/post/33514874

These are for an upcoming keyboard meetup in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. I'm annoyed that some of the tacos didn't infuse properly, but most of them came out okay.

Designer: @Pencilnoob@lemmy.world

Very noob review - built quality is solid - touches are easy to remap thanks to https://caniusevia.com/ - the keycaps are very nice (and kind of made me realize how lower quality the one of the Anne Pro II were)

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/45765963

Hi everyone,

posting this here as anybody who is slightly interested in different keyboards would enjoy this read and the 99% episode about it