So, I made a keyboard

1. Building a keyboard from scratch Jesse Vincent jesse@fsck.com http://keyboard.io @obra / @keyboardio Wednesday, April 24, 13

2. Why? Wednesday, April 24, 13

3. My boss stole my keyboard Wednesday, April 24, 13

4. Wednesday, April 24, 13

5. I couldn’t ﬁnd a keyboard I wanted Wednesday, April 24, 13

6. I tried Wednesday, April 24, 13

7. So, you want to make a keyboard? Wednesday, April 24, 13

8. Tools you’ll need Wednesday, April 24, 13

9. Soldering Iron Wednesday, April 24, 13

10. Wire cutter Wednesday, April 24, 13

11. Tools you’ll want Wednesday, April 24, 13

12. Wire cutter Wednesday, April 24, 13

13. Solder Sucker Wednesday, April 24, 13

14. Fine-tipped tweezers Wednesday, April 24, 13

15. Multimeter Wednesday, April 24, 13

16. Hot Glue Gun Wednesday, April 24, 13

17. Parts you’ll need Wednesday, April 24, 13

18. Keyswitches Wednesday, April 24, 13

19. IN418 Diodes Wednesday, April 24, 13

20. Magnet Wire Wednesday, April 24, 13

21. Rosin-core Solder Wednesday, April 24, 13

22. Microcontroller Wednesday, April 24, 13

23. PJRC.com Teensy (Atmel Atmega) Wednesday, April 24, 13

24. Key Caps Wednesday, April 24, 13

25. A Case Wednesday, April 24, 13

26. Parts you’ll want Wednesday, April 24, 13

27. Jumper wires Wednesday, April 24, 13

28. MiniUSB cable Wednesday, April 24, 13

29. A bit more explanation Wednesday, April 24, 13

30. The case & layout Wednesday, April 24, 13

31. Design your own! Wednesday, April 24, 13

32. 14mm square holes Wednesday, April 24, 13

33. 3+ mm apart Wednesday, April 24, 13

34. Top plate: 1.5 mm thick Wednesday, April 24, 13

35. Edge & bottom plates: Much thicker Wednesday, April 24, 13

36. I designed my ﬁrst keyboards in Omingrafﬂe Wednesday, April 24, 13

37. 14mm 14mm 3+mm 3+mm Wednesday, April 24, 13

38. Prototype with paper Wednesday, April 24, 13

40. 3D Printer for crazy designs Wednesday, April 24, 13

41. Diodes Wednesday, April 24, 13

42. Key Ghosting Wednesday, April 24, 13

43. Credit: @pdcawley Wednesday, April 24, 13

47. Putting it together Wednesday, April 24, 13

48. Try the keys & keycaps Wednesday, April 24, 13

49. Start Soldering Wednesday, April 24, 13

50. Flat pin: Connect Diode Square pin: Connect wire Wednesday, April 24, 13

51. Connect the keys in each row Wednesday, April 24, 13

52. Solder the diodes in columns Wednesday, April 24, 13

53. Connect them in parallel Wednesday, April 24, 13

54. Connect the black ends to the keys Wednesday, April 24, 13

55. Solder a wire to each row & column Wednesday, April 24, 13

56. Connect those wires to the microcontroller Wednesday, April 24, 13

57. Install avr-gcc pjrc.com/teensy/gcc.html Wednesday, April 24, 13

58. Teensy Loader pjrc.com/teensy/loader.html Wednesday, April 24, 13

59. Conﬁgure some keyboard ﬁrmware Wednesday, April 24, 13

60. github.com/humblehacker/keyboard Wednesday, April 24, 13

61. % vi config.kspec Wednesday, April 24, 13

63. % make Wednesday, April 24, 13

65. Install your ﬁrmware Wednesday, April 24, 13

66. Test your keyboard Wednesday, April 24, 13

67. (This is why you want a multimeter) Wednesday, April 24, 13

68. What didn’t I mention? Wednesday, April 24, 13

69. Printed Circuit Board Wednesday, April 24, 13

70. You do not need one! Wednesday, April 24, 13

71. My experiences Wednesday, April 24, 13

72. Mark 1 Keyboard Wednesday, April 24, 13

73. shell from ergodox.org Wednesday, April 24, 13

136. Thanks! http://keyboard.io Wednesday, April 24, 13

So, I made a keyboard

So, I made a keyboard

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