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Connect positive lead to any free pin on the controller. Negative to the ground. The rest is software really. Set the pin as output and change the state (High, Low) when button is pressed. If the buzzer is to loud add resistor in series to the positive lead. High resistance = lower volume. Or add po...

I think reparability is as important as the durability itself. Pretty much this. Would even say it's more important. Since durability in this case means "how long it takes till the inevitable dust and gunk will affect the feel". And every keyboard sooner or later will be affected. Ease of maintenan...

photekq wrote: ↑

22 Jul 2019, 15:20

Why the fuck did this spammer choose me specifically

Probably confused "Cherry picker" with Cherry boy...

Sure thing baby. PM sent!


You like to party?

ramnes wrote: ↑

21 Jul 2019, 01:21

Not sure if that's great or not but that Olivetti thing got me interested: https://www.ebay.com/itm/163784235531

Looks similar to second one in this thread:
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All of this: https://abload.de/img/20190717_17410362kej.jpg Just to get these little buggers: https://abload.de/img/20190717_174355jejmg.jpg Such a waste of human resource. Packing it and transport. Why do people are so afraid to take the damn caps off :lol: Still very happy the hunt is finally over...

[That estimate could actually be called conservative. Honeywell tested their Hall effect switches to 30 billion! I'm wondering, how it will perform in noisy environment though. Especially if it's supposed to have analog readings. So many stuff can cause interference nowadays (cheap led light bulbs,...

https://plot.ly/~haata/638
https://plot.ly/~haata/196

Me like sharp tactility of plate spring designs.

I suspect it’s also because most all of us have no idea what to do with a logic analyser. How do you turn those square wave patterns into a keyboard converter? You can extract binary scancodes from it. Data square wave, up is 1 down is 0. Then convert them to the one supported by current operating ...

I give up. Have no clue what's wrong. Either it's:
1. Busted wiring (data - clock cables swapped)
2. Busted chip on the controller or some part of the controller board.
3. Some exotic protocol which I seriously doubt. IBM was all about standardization and compatibility.

R05 - timeout - started receiving clock from the board, but didn't receive enough for a full code
R06 - start bit - read a start bit, but it was incorrect

Come to think of it maybe it's a busted cable. Do you have multimeter by any chance?
Checking continuity and pinout may help.

Yes simple macro pad between screen and circular thing (it's rotary encoder). Switch doesn't matter it may as well be rubber dome. No case just PCB with switches to connect to development board. But... it must have either translucent caps so i can label the buttons myself, or even better leds (on th...

@zrrion: You're right, in that you're wrong. Latching Caps Lock is the only good Caps Lock! At least you know when the vile bastard is active without needing to look away from what you're really doing. Besides, those latching switches are inherently cute. Like this? [youtube]https://youtu.be/qf8l7h...

depletedvespene wrote: ↑

12 Jul 2019, 16:49

The second actuation commands are better served today with Ctrl-Backspace and Alt-Backspace (YMMV).

To each his own. I'm using this feature constantly (adds Ctrl to the key in my case).

The backspace icon should never have been an arrow, considering all other arrows in the keyboard indicate movement. The ⌫ symbol (and ⌦ for the Delete key) from the typewriter era should have been retained, and that would have led us to live in a slightly happier world. True. Would add to that doub...

I know you're just having fun... but

Anybody know any decent keypad module (3x4 - 4x4)? Need something with translucent caps (square flat), or black blanks with diodes. Max dimensions 12x7 cm. Only thing I've found is this: https://www.ebay.pl/itm/1X-RobotDyn-5V-Button-Keypad-3x4-Module-Board-Compatible-For-Arduino-DIY-P5N7/28342282508...

Or you can go other way around and cut one column from f77 layout. https://abload.de/img/keyboard-layout1odkxy.png Using this on daily basis, and quite like it. Ideally would rearrange it to this: https://abload.de/img/keyboard-layout2enjc5.png Steel plate doesn't allow this sadly. Red is one module...

katamari wrote: ↑

07 Jul 2019, 10:36

Btw, where are the .hex files to be found once the compiling is done?

Successful compilation should create "build" folder in top directory. On Linux it's hidden, on Windows have no clue
Matrix size is defined properly in config.h ?

Looks great. Nice work.

samuelcable wrote: ↑

09 Jul 2019, 04:02

circling tf logo is the best tf2 unusual effect

Kill-a-Watt Universal Translator + Australian gold Max Head was my go to.


All time favorite though is TS Summer Hat + TS Graybans.

Well the topic was about the latter (e-sport).

Meh. Sport is competition with above average skill involved. A football/hockey/tennis match between people with very average skills is still sport. Yeah no. We're calling it that to feel better about ourselves. Random match between friends, some jogging, skiing on vacation. None of it is sport in m...

The origin for why competitive video gaming is called "e-sport" is from when gamers who entered the US for a tournament had to declare their reason for entry ... They chose the same category has chess players: which was "sport", and then got an idea from there. Opinion:That does not make competitiv...

Hi there. Selling keyboard module from Olympia typewriter. https://abload.de/img/gooda0jdh.jpg Steel plates sanded down and repainted. Paint job isn't perfect mind you, since the main purpose of it was rust prevention. Caps slightly yellowed, which is hard to see in the pictures due to lighting. Co...

Weird thing to see on deskthority... Either way there's really no need to learn the nomenclature, if you don't actually want to read written notes. Piano have octaves that start with C and end with B (in order CDEFGAB white keys). Black keys are half tones in between CD, DE, FG, GA, AB. And the name...

Normal hard drives aren't as fragile as it seems. Actually they're pretty tough when turned off.
Still it's no excuse to shoddy packaging.

Sorry if I drank the Microsoft Kool-Aid years ago :lol: At least they are starting to embrace open source these days. For now. One have to wonder though. What will happen when some nutjob takes the leadership role at Microsoft, and stops all the funding for open source projects? Not exactly sure ho...

My guiding philosophy is, "If it's on Youtube, it;'s probably crap". I trust written articles. I don't trust anything anyone says in a Youtube video. Well my guiding philosophy is "experience". An opinion of a person that tried and used many different switches has more weight than... you know. At l...