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Update on the MTRON TK-1 that showed up on Auctions a few days ago: it just sold for 100,000 yen, or: $890 833 euros 708 pounds Pretty crazy. That'd be me. I'd wanted one for...kind of a while. https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=52699.0 It also happens to be the keyboard we based the Keyboardio M...

Type C connectors are increasingly easy to get, much less expensive than they were a year ago and much more robust than MicroUSB. They're also easy to get in a 'mid-mount' form factor that will make your board thinner. And if you're doing USB 2.0 over Type C, the additional component cost for suppor...

lowpoly wrote: ↑Thank you.

IIRC, Hasu's code has something for unlimited NKRO as well. I just didn't activate it.

Yup. Hasu and Haata both It's nice living in the future where this stuff isn't impossible anymore

Thanks for the comments. 6KRO: that's the USB limitation. Beyond that you have to do tricky wizardry. https://github.com/keyboardio/HID is my implementation of single-keyboard true NKRO for Windows, Linux, MacOS and iOS. It's based in part on Haata's work and advice. Feel free to use it or lift wha...

Thanks for the comments. 6KRO: that's the USB limitation. Beyond that you have to do tricky wizardry. https://github.com/keyboardio/HID is my implementation of single-keyboard true NKRO for Windows, Linux, MacOS and iOS. It's based in part on Haata's work and advice. Feel free to use it or lift wha...

Understood. I've been trying to update the KS site to say that we're not including/covering VAT, but their site is busted. :/)

@gogusrl - We' may offer a kit later on, but first we wanted to actually ship fully working keyboards to folks. (Though the fully working keyboards do use Matias ALPS switches :) @Muirium - We're planning to use a shipper that has a European warehouse. With luck, the shipping rates we've got in ther...

It's taken...a lot longer than we ever imagined, but we're thrilled to announce that the Model 01 is now available for preorder.

http://keyboard.io/kickstarter

lowpoly wrote: ↑I never realized there was more than one document, that's why I couldn't find it. Thank you.

Not a problem

lowpoly, you mentioned ykt3dext.pdf. I've actually been working from what appeared to be a later version - http://blogs.epfl.ch/icenet/documents/Ykt3Eext.pdf.

Thanks everybody! The feedback is being super-useful.

Hey folks, I've previously posted some of my 3D printed and laser-cut prototype keyboards ( http://deskthority.net/workshop-f7/my-shiny-new-keyboard-io-model-00-keyboards-t7134.html ) & have mentioned that we're hard at work designing a mechanical ergonomic keyboard that we intend to ship commercial...

Hi guys. Keyboard.IO was recently accepted into Highway1, a hardware incubator. We're hard at work building you awesome hackable ergonomic mechanical keyboards. And we need help. We're looking for an intern (or possibly a consultant) who's good at prototyping. Ideally, we're looking for someone who'...

There's a study out of a Berkeley ergonomics lab that suggests that anything 17mm or bigger doesn't increase typing pain or typo rate for users with large hands and also improves things for users with smaller hands.

http://hfs.sagepub.com/content/early/20 ... 0812465005

philpirj wrote:Looks good!

Why you decided to drop tron'ish column angling starting Mark 10?

I didn't drop it entirely, just cut it down to a a few degrees. The full tk1 splay is just too wide to be comfortable.

Yes, more comfortable. Yes, the current layout is a variant of the blue shift layout. And yeah, as I've said before, the 1.0 keyboard will almost certainly be a single unit. There's just too much design risk in a split design for my first physical product.

The Model 00 is very similar to the Mark 13 I mentioned over at http://blog.fsck.com/2013/12/better-and-better-keyboards.html , though it (finally) uses a PCB I designed and had Seeed Studio make me 10 copies of (for $200, including FedEx Next Day shipping from China!) and has a wood shell, rather t...

What I did today: What about the lonely key which would be under the palm? When I'm not typing I like to "rest" my palm... Wouldn't that key trigger? Nope. Even resting your palm, the inner edge of your hand is raised just a bit. I also rest my palms. And I never accidentally trigger the palm key. ...

ماء, I have one of those And it's based on a lot of the same research I started with.
Did you photoshop that image? There's something weird going on between the hand plates and the shadows.

I've been really happy with the Arduino Micro: http://arduino.cc/en/Main/arduinoBoardMicro (Not the Pro Micro)
The Micro has a '32U4 and is quite easy to work with. (https://github.com/obra/KeyboardioFirmware is the firmware I've been building for it using the arduino toolset)

Impressed! Great presentation, but great ideas too. Thanks! I like those brown caps :P Me too! I'm a little sad I under-ordered on the 1.5x modifiers and the 2x blanks, but I'm making do. Great stuff, I really like how you got closer to your ideal by doing all those iterations, weighing what works ...

What I did today:

Only made one catastrophic error when designing the PCB

Muirium wrote:How do you find the symmetrical stagger approach, versus full on ergo designs? I'm less adventurous a maker than you and I'm thinking about what I can do inside a more traditionally sized rectangular frame.

I did not enjoy typing on the symmetric stagger board.

Muirium wrote:And they were worth it. I've never seen prettier ergo keyboards! Nicely done.

Thanks!

I've been having a lot of fun designing them

Yep. When I read the legends, I ultimately feel at home. Upcomming (ie in 2015 or so) Round 5 is supposed to have all the legends including front printing. I did not count through, but did you upload photos of all the 88 key caps? I'm pretty damn sure I did. I stripped the keyboard and dropped each...

rindorbrot wrote:http://deskthority.net/post112785.html#p112785

Damn. I'm sorry I missed those. Though at least I didn't miss out on keys with the full extra top and front symbol sets.

7bit wrote: Seriously: Thanks for all those many photos of the Round 5 spherical keycaps!

NP, though I'm missing something. Has there been a GB for spacecadet repros?

Vacuum-formed? But the case is metal, yes? :? Was the mouse in use along with the keyboard? I did not look at all pictures yet, it loads slowly ... Black plastic. Similar weight and texture to a maltron. The mouse clearly goes with the keyboards. Both were in use in the MIT AI Lab in the mid-80s

webwit wrote:Why would you want to bid on that smelly, worthless keyboard? Btw, what's the gray beard's name?

Dude by the name of Enoch Root...

Tell him I bid more than you do! Come on, you already have one. Once I got his Space Cadet I will let Mrinterface scan and 3d-print it for you, so your Space Cadet is no longer naked! :evilgeek: The old case is pretty clearly vacuum-formed. I also have an associated mouse with 3 capacitive buttons ...