), also interested in getting those numbers to light up. Pics:http://imgur.com/a/8Ns14
Anything to do with this board?
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Muirium
- µ
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
- Main keyboard: HHKB Type-S with Bluetooth by Hasu
- Main mouse: Apple Magic Mouse
- Favorite switch: Gotta Try 'Em All
- DT Pro Member: µ
Interesting keypad. I've no idea what it is, or the identity of those enormous switches. But should be pretty old and high quality.
I have a Honeywell hall effect keyboard that's a challenge to convert. You might be in a similar position. But having two is good, you have some leeway to experiment!
I have a Honeywell hall effect keyboard that's a challenge to convert. You might be in a similar position. But having two is good, you have some leeway to experiment!
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Daniel Beardsmore
- Location: Hertfordshire, England
- Main keyboard: Filco Majestouch 1 (home)/Poker II backlit (work)
- Main mouse: MS IMO 1.1
- Favorite switch: Probably not whatever I wrote here
- DT Pro Member: -
- Contact:
The nearest thing I've ever seen is a couple of magnetic reed types, both cube-shaped. Here's one:
[wiki]Unitra Polam magnetic reed[/wiki]
I saw something very similar in another keyboard, but I didn't fancy taking home the Borg cube–sized computer it came with just to get the switches. (I know those were magnetic reed of a very similar design as one of them was broken and I could see inside.) I forget what the keycap mount was, though.
[wiki]Unitra Polam magnetic reed[/wiki]
I saw something very similar in another keyboard, but I didn't fancy taking home the Borg cube–sized computer it came with just to get the switches. (I know those were magnetic reed of a very similar design as one of them was broken and I could see inside.) I forget what the keycap mount was, though.
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hwood34
- Location: USA
- Main keyboard: MX1800 L3
- DT Pro Member: 0251
How would I go about direct wiring this board? Could someone explain the process like they were talking to a five year old with a shitty soldering iron? Also, it looks like each switch only has one contact instead of two. The switches look like they are in housings in sets of four, and at the end there are two contacts.
http://imgur.com/vm6Hhe7
also illustrated how the columns were aligned
http://imgur.com/vm6Hhe7
also illustrated how the columns were aligned
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Nuum
- Location: Germany
- Main keyboard: KBD8X Mk I (60g Clears), Phantom (Nixdorf Blacks)
- Main mouse: Corsair M65 PRO RGB
- Favorite switch: 60g MX Clears/Brown Alps/Buckling spring
- DT Pro Member: 0084
Haven't you said over at geekhack that these are Hall effect switches? In that case I don't think you can simply handwire them. I think you would need a different controller than the common ones for contact switches.