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I prefer to retain the original coil cable and use an external soarer converter like this one. it has locking cap/numlock/sclock leds

simply make a soarer converter with the specific features.

wcass wrote: ↑

30 Jan 2020, 02:02

The crystal footprint is 7x4.1mm. Example: ABLS7M2-16.000MHZ-D-2Y-T

I tried 5032 16Mhz crystal with the original xwhatsit model f controller and it works fine without any noticeable issue. the original crystal spec is just a little bit big.

the adafruit 32u4 breakout board is good if you need a lot of IO. some people flash leonardo bootloader with the breakout board but the original adafruit 32u4 breakout board bootloader is more logical,

here is a photo which shows wiring to a teensy2.0

from top to bottom, only 1, 3, 4 and 5 are used and they belongs to the lower row of pin on the blue socket.

hope this help.

this kind of mild oxidation inside the membrane is normal for a keyboard over several years and should not cause any problem. I would suggest you clean the contact area that plug into the FPC socket with mild alcohol or pencil eraser(not the one for erasing ink). strong alcohol will remove the silve...

Few questions: 1. What controller did you use? 2. When changing over to the capacitive PCB, are you using the Model M flipper or Model F? 3. Could you link a seller selling the solenoids? I am using xwhatsit and its solenoid driver. they are assembled by myself. you need to use F flippers as it wil...

my f60 keeps revolving. have just turned it into capacitive buckling spring with customed pcb and xwhatsit. many thinks to iDollar letting me to modify his fssk pcb design. Amazing job! Can you share the gerbers of this PCB? I have the remains of a faulty '2001 Unicomp laying around: scratched case...

excellent !

your measurement for the cut is very important. give a bit more room for your first cut and use rough sand paper to sand down the plastic to fit. use static model cement to hide the seam, use fine sand paper such as #800 or higher to smooth the surface. spray and file until you cannot see the seam....

I plan on cutting my AEK case down to 60%. Can you explain your process further for hiding the cut marks? your measurement for the cut is very important. give a bit more room for your first cut and use rough sand paper to sand down the plastic to fit. use static model cement to hide the seam, use f...

That’s somewhat more pingy than I expected. No dental floss mod I guess? sounds like the iphone mic is quite sensitive. actual noise is not much pingy than the video. no floss mod. Oh man it even sounds great. Amazing work man :) yes it does sound great. feels like typing on AT and some what close ...

Here is a typing test video of this little keyboard. with and without solenoid.

yeah sure, will shoot a typing test of it later. thanks.

my f60 keeps revolving. have just turned it into capacitive buckling spring with customed pcb and xwhatsit. many thinks to iDollar letting me to modify his fssk pcb design.

zrrion wrote: ↑

10 Apr 2019, 19:27

This is a super cool! Would you ever make one of these for someone else, asking for a friend.

I would do it for a good friend but almost impossible for someone I dont know.

snacksthecat wrote: ↑

10 Apr 2019, 16:15

Turned out beautifully! How did you cut the plate?

I used dremel to cut the steel plate. I used simple hand saw to cut all the plastic. Except the rotor, I dont have any machine tool to do this.

check out the newly completed fake kishsaver (or 60% here)

viewtopic.php?f=7&t=21538

the final outlook. need a batch tho

check out the photos and they speak for themselves.

https://imgur.com/gallery/o3z4qba

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHuBtYwKvNk

a temp mock up kishsaver and way to go with case detail, matrix and controller.

A lot of people try this, but my experience has been that it is extremely difficult to get it right, both aesthetically and structurally. I would recommend against it unless you are both highly skilled and quite patient. will you against me for doing it the second time? I want to make a fake kishsa...

why you dont use hid-listen to find out the keycode?

abrahamstechnology wrote: ↑

10 Mar 2019, 01:00

If you want low profile black keycaps try these:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/dsa-pbt ... 27837.html

I bought this 15 bucks for two 104keys sets.

whiffysole wrote: ↑

06 Mar 2019, 17:26

Just glancing over the photos I didn't even realize the case was cut! Thought you did a case swap or something :p
This looks great though, I've wanted to try some case mods like this at some point.

Thanks, would love to see your case mods.

Chyros wrote: ↑

06 Mar 2019, 17:08

Very nicely done! Normally you can see the cut very clearly and it's kinda off-putting, but this is very neat .

Hi Thomas, your big youtube fans here. nice videos.

PlacaFromHell wrote: ↑

06 Mar 2019, 19:36

Amazing! A friend who built his own M122 unsaver just doubled backwards the two pieces of membrane from the numpad.

Thanks, I see what you mean as fohat mentioned.

I have tried this twice, the first one was a disaster and the second try was marginally successful but not pretty. Yours is very well done. For the record, the membranes can be folded back and not cut, but the case gets a bit crowded. Also, I might have had better luck if I had used an earlier mode...

Hello, my first post on DT. Since ssk is so expensive, an attempt was done to immitate the ssk with an idle blue label. First cut every thing that needed to be shrinked down from 101 into 84 keys. All items were cut with a small hand saw. The difficult part is the keyboard upper and lower case. Used...