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by hupshall
08 Dec 2020, 04:42
Forum: Workshop
Topic: READY - $10 - DIY Through Hole Universal Model F and Beamspring Controller
Replies: 100
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Re: READY - $10 - DIY Through Hole Universal Model F and Beamspring Controller

I depopulated it though with my desoldering station so it was just the bare PCB. I really didn't like the idea of cutting up the PCB and so this way, if somebody wanted to put it back to original, they could. I converted this keyboard though because the stock controller didn't work. It was this, or ...
by hupshall
07 Dec 2020, 09:14
Forum: Workshop
Topic: READY - $10 - DIY Through Hole Universal Model F and Beamspring Controller
Replies: 100
Views: 44104

Re: READY - $10 - DIY Through Hole Universal Model F and Beamspring Controller

pandrew helped me offline, I ended up building another controller (I had ordered multiple PCB's) and I got the one I built today working great. In fact, I'm typing this in on the model F. I'll spend some time to see if I can figure out what is wrong with the other controller - I'm curious more than ...
by hupshall
06 Dec 2020, 08:08
Forum: Workshop
Topic: READY - $10 - DIY Through Hole Universal Model F and Beamspring Controller
Replies: 100
Views: 44104

Re: READY - $10 - DIY Through Hole Universal Model F and Beamspring Controller

ok, I hooked up my scope. CH1 is on Row 1, CH2 is on Column 1

Here is a steady state capture:
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Here is with my finger pressing down on the pad which would be F1:
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So the PCB is at least responding..
by hupshall
06 Dec 2020, 05:38
Forum: Workshop
Topic: READY - $10 - DIY Through Hole Universal Model F and Beamspring Controller
Replies: 100
Views: 44104

Re: READY - $10 - DIY Through Hole Universal Model F and Beamspring Controller

Here is the screenshot of the Keyboard monitor:
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Here is a picture of the controller:
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Here is a picture of the PCB
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I have good continuity of ground throughout the setup.
by hupshall
06 Dec 2020, 03:54
Forum: Workshop
Topic: READY - $10 - DIY Through Hole Universal Model F and Beamspring Controller
Replies: 100
Views: 44104

Re: READY - $10 - DIY Through Hole Universal Model F and Beamspring Controller

I have a question for everybody - I built one of these and had my F working for about 2 minutes, now it's not registering any keypresses at all anymore - even in the keypress util, it's got a threshold of 96 and all keys are "never pressed". Are there any debugging ideas anybody may have? I've ...

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