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Oh yeah, quick addition! The magnets have the perfect amount of pull!
I can easily detach the numberpad from the keyboard, yet can also suspend the number pad by it's magnets!

From a compact 88 key 76% layout, to a 122 key battleship of a behemoth, and back again, all on demand ...

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I pulled an all nighter and finished wiring the Number Pad! I can't even begin to tell you all how happy I am to have it finished! The LED drivers are split into two banks, each driving about half the LEDs. Did I need to... Again, like the main keyboard, I'm greatly limiting the total ...

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I've got the connector wired up. I've tested the continuity several times, and as far as I can tell, the main keyboard's wiring is now 100% complete! I can't tell you all how happy I am to be able to say that! That said, I am having an issue, and I'm not sure why. I know my LEDs ...

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Progress has been made! I am as close as I ever have been to finishing fully!
I do still have wiring to do, but the hardest part is done.
I have successfully disassembled the USB-C magnetic connectors,
and successfully installed them into the keyboard and number pad trim pieces ...

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Good news and bad news... The good news, is one of my two orders of 20-pin magnetic USB-C connectors came in, and amazingly, it arrived in a mere 6 days! I'm shocked by the shipping time! As you can see above, it's barely any larger than the old connector, which ...

The absolute irony of my absolute failure to put in the time to figure out the unique coding situation to resolve the hot-swapability of this keyboard, and the ridiculous amount of time that has passed since procrastinating on finding a solution to the problem, has left me with an unexpected ...

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So with this small modification, I do belive the main keyboard is 100% hardware complete!
I did disconnect the PWM output D7 from the Teensy, freeing up one I/O line. That's not important,
but it did make my previous rework of the matrix from a 7x14 to a 7x13 very ...

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Good Lord, it's been a while! So, I actually sat down and worked on the numberpad LED wiring. This project has literally sat for two years! Originally, I got motivated into working on it, only to find I had made a mistake, and it just deflated any and all ...

No PCB as of yet, but I DID finally learn how to use KiCAD, so maybe someday in the future. Right now, I'm super busy with my two jobs, and I STILL need to figure out firmware. I was thinking about the following matrix configuration:

C0 C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 C15 C16 C17 ...

Furthermore, I'm aiming for a keyboard with an absolutely minimal footprint ...
Except that the edges of your case extend out on each side, not being aligned to the footprint of the keys.
Size-wise, there could just as well have been a thin frame around the keys.

Okay, you got me there... I ...

For me, exposing the switches was actually a design choice, because I disassembled all the switches when I lubed them up, and dyed all my top housings blue to match my blue anodized plate. Furthermore, I'm aiming for a keyboard with an absolutely minimal footprint, since it will optionally slot into ...

Truth be told... Life, work, etc got busy when I was trying to learn this stuff. This is the first chance I've really had to get back into it. I have a day off this weekend, so it's tempting to just move forward and try. What's the worst that happens... The keyboard remains exactly as it has been ...

You know... I think for the sakes of getting this thing running, I'm going to select option A, even though layout wise, it's unintuitive. It's intuitive in terms of electrical layout, not physical layout. That's because my electrical matrix kinda jumps around all over the place on the right side of ...

I use Gateron Blue, but some have green springs. The top housings have all been dyed blue, to match the anodized aluminum plate.

The reason there are more wires is I have LEDs in every switch. All LEDs are amber, controlled from a PWM pin of the Teensy 2.0. There are actually 4 banks of 22 LEDs ...

Holy cow this keyboard is gorgeous, it MUST become functional.
If you have a Teensy 3.2 (other variant may work but I'm not sure...), I can help you, if you're willing to ditch TMK/QMK and build your own firmware under Linux...

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I'm running a Teensy 2.0 in this ...

Haha! I'm STILL playing that addictive game! Over half a dozen Silver Lynels, 3 Hinox, a Stone Talus, 8 Shrines, and a couple Koroks were laid to waste yesterday! :lol:
WHICH Zelda game?
I need something to /waste/ use my time
:lol:

The newest one, of course! The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the ...

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I have a keyboard project that's sat rather... stagnant for almost a year. The main keyboard is complete, and has been for a year, save for firmware. A sin, I know... The issue is that I'm a hardware guy... The last programming I dis was on a TI-89 calculator, and ...

What I want to know, is where the matrix definitions need to be ordered by electrical sequence, or if the values are arbitrary, and allow for physical sequence (as long as the values are correctly defined). The obviously functional way is to lay the matrix out electrically. This seems to be what's ...

Haha! I'm STILL playing that addictive game! Over half a dozen Silver Lynels, 3 Hinox, a Stone Talus, 8 Shrines, and a couple Koroks were laid to waste yesterday! :lol:

Since I couldn't get software specific help for my firmware question a year ago, I'm gonna copy-paste my old question to a new ...

It's noon, and I'm about to go to bed! LOL... Stupid Zelda game on my three day weekend! XD
To be fair, I've spent two full years on my Kerbal Space Program controller, and It's still a good ways away from completion. It's just driving me nuts that my keyboard is effectively done, and nothing more ...

So, I disappeared for a bit... My motherboard died. With only a tablet to rely on, I've not done much here. The good news is, I was able to get my motherboard repaired. The bad... Gigabyte was slow with the whole RMA process. :evil:

I got back on my Kerbal Space Program instrument panel/controller ...

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I worked on this over the Christmas holiday break. You can see the final trim and layout assembly. I might change up the misc keys from time to time, as I get other more interesting key caps. That's why I have a 6x6 number pad! Plenty of room for creative keys! :mrgreen ...

"75%+1" Danger Zone (with magnetically detachable number pad)
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This is my baby. My 75%+1 Danger Zone keyboard, with magnetically detachable number pad. Custom plates, hand wired, magnetically detachable number pad ...

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Just threw the number pad keys, and a bunch of various Fallout and mod keys, but yeah, I wanted to see how she looks!

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She's a real beaut, isn't she! :mrgreen:

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I can't WAIT to have this magnetic ...

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It seems my dye might have been a bit... old. It came out more purple than blue. I attribute the color shift to it being LITERALLY a year and 2 months old. Fortunately, I only need four more keys (though I dyed six). I think if key caps are off, it'll stand out, but with ...

Honestly... It's been a combination of work, and trying to recover from having spent all day at work. I think the second wind (software wise) will come from seeing absolute completion of the hardware. Then I can sit down and figure it out... I hope! I really don't know C all that well, so i'll be ...

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So, I gotta drop a big thanks to LeandreN for once again coming through and getting me the plate I needed to finish this project! Number pad plate came in today.

No idea when I'll get it finished, hopefully soon. I counted up my dyed switch tops... I have 30, needed ...

Thanks for the kind words everyone. I do appreciate it!
I figure once I get the number pad plate in, I'll likely get my second wind.

Also, it'll be winter in Minnesota... I'll have nothing better to do! :mrgreen:

Regarding the layout, I've mentioned it before, but I wanted something that was still ...

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So, quick update... Good news and bad news...

The good news, is it sounds like i've gotten in on a plate group buy and will finally be getting the number pad plates made. I should be paying for those soon, I would think. I also found some nice blue paracord with ...

Ambers... With out a doubt, my favorite switch of everything I've ever tried.