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I've added the following to my .sc file:
# BackQuote to Win
remapblock
BACK_QUOTE LGUI
endblock
Flashed, working well. One problem: Backquote produces the desired effect, but Shift+Backquote, which is supposed to produce a tilde, is completely silent.

Remapblocks are unconditional and take ...

If you have one of those keyboards which works with a passive USB-to-PS/2 adapter then you could do it. The keyboard will fail to detect a USB host and switch to PS/2, after which it will communicate with Soarer's converter.

I have a Cherry G80 which I bought in 2010 which does this perfectly well ...

Are DeskThority club members supposed to be giving feedback on this? If so, maybe we should move this topic to the DT Talk forum?

Did you test it with the controller PCB disconnected from the inner assembly? (You shouldn't!)

There are supposed to be two screws holding it to the assembly and they serve as ground connections.

What are some of the solder stations that use these heater-element-inside-tip design?
I know only Hakko 950 and 951 and they cost almost 400€ in Germany.

I love and adore the Metcal / Thermatronics method.

Reasons:
0. It is physically impossible for them to overheat.
1. It's not controlled by a ...

My decades-old 50W Weller soldering station is locked at 370°C and works sufficiently well for normal PCBs and joining wires. Only big solder pads ( > 2 cm²), grounding planes (basically a soldering pad spread out over the entire PCB) or thick wires form a problem.

The trick is to have a soldering ...

Hmmm, shouldn't we tag this for DTA 2019? It's a rather clean handwiring job.

tatsurou wrote: Calculator electronics:

The waving quality of those hand-drawn traces on that PCB though...

Vote Alps in gainsborough's TI keyboards: you will always be surprised.

Voting for clickclack: trolling the artisan market since 2010.

Still voting for the UHK team, even if it won't matter so much anymore.

The keyboard and its firmware are brilliant, so far the only complaints I have is that the extra mouse modules aren't there yet, and that it lacks an extra key on the bottom right where now a big 2.25u button sits.

Voting for the Canvas option, because at least they're trying to do something interesting with regards to shape, color, and fonts.

I still have high hope for the UHKB, however, when I click on "Trackpoint module", it is written in its description:
"This item is under development, and we don't have a solid ETA yet. Please subscribe to our blog or newsletter, and be part of the development process."

But it allows me to add that ...

Current nominations are:

- Aer Fixus' IBM 3279 Beamspring Restoration. . He took the beamspring that had been subject to horrors few other keyboards have suffered and restored it back to health.
- ghostjuggernaut's gorgeous restored Kishsaver . This was cleaned, new foam, the plate stripped and ...

matt3o wrote:

webwit wrote: clickclack - The first artisan keycap maker avant la lettre, he inspired a whole new scene.

he will be thrilled to get a wingnut!

It's unlikely that he has a DTA 2018 award certificate with his name on though.

I have watched Lucar's video (https://youtu.be/wPOe0Pmd3gs) several times, but am wondering if there is a set of systematic instructions on how to do this. Some of processes in the video are not quite clear, but it is indeed an outstanding video.
Do not follow the part where he's pulling off the ...

So here's something which has been bothering me for ages: I've got a Teensy with my favourite Soarer Converter XT shortcuts in it which is completely built into the keyboard.

When I leave the keyboard connected to my PC for 5-10 minutes while I'm switching between keyboard and mouse, I sometimes ...

The only advantage I would see is that the plates can be slid together without the need for any clamps as now there is nothing resisting it (the video author didn't know about the clamps or the fact that you should NEVER pull out the spacebar).

BTW: The problem is not that the hammers hit the PCB ...

(Also, I didn't know the final outcome would be a bin-file, I thought it was a hex-file since that's what the Teensy loader-software asks for..)

If you use other firmware then it's possible that those tools generate a customized hex file.

With Soarer's firmware you only use TeensyLoader once to ...

Have you tried running the scinfo tool included in Soarer's Converter tools folder? Just to see if it might detect a different firmware version or different microcontroller.

My XT keyboard had the label "Berg" on the connector, but that won't help much seeing how these connectors are nowadays made by multiple manufacturers. I've lucked out before by coming across a slightly larger box connector where I could cut off a few pins.

However, as µ was saying you could also ...

If "tinkerboy's converter" is running the Soarer Converter firmware underneath then those commands apply.

Seriously, just try, since Soarer's tools will communicate with the device to check the version it should quickly tell you if anything is wrong.

ii.) Assume I have manged to produce a vaild .sc-file, how do I proceed further under linux, so that my remap file will be applied by the converter?
If your Soarer tools work then it's just a matter of using these commands to do it:

scas myconfig.sc tinkerboy.bc
scwr tinkerboy.bc

At least ...

Most of the PCB is covered throughout with solder mask. Any kind of rag should do as long as it's not steel wool.

If you want to use any solvent which you haven't used before then try rubbing it just on one corner of the PCB, then leave it sitting for 15 minutes after it was first made wet. If it ...

7bit wrote: (Awesome poster snipped due to size)

I guess 7bot will do all the talking? Also, nice of you to put at least 3 ducks in the border, Webwit would approve.

Model F XT with a more modern bottom row (i.e. smaller space bar and at least an extra super and Alt Gr key).

Modern beamspring.

An affordable DataHand, and now that we're posting unattainable wishes anyway it should better come with modern mouse support.

If you would solder all switches with one pole to PB07 (pin closest to GND near connector) and then to PD01-5 + PD07 then this is how such a Soarer config might look:

matrix
blocking 0

sense PD1 PD2 PD3 PD4 PD5 PD7
strobe PB7 O P LEFT_BRACE L SEMICOLON QUOTE
end


Note that the matrix config ...

hmm....
Soldering:
Button 6 - PD06

PD06 is shared with the Teensy LED. Better use any other port if you want to avoid trouble.

Also, if you want to use Soarer's Controller firmware then you need to connect the other ends of the buttons to some other port instead of GND.

It isn't that hard to ...

Is this a Teensy++ as the card on your desk seems to imply?

I was thinking about how you've connected PD6 to the keyboard. I have had trouble with that , so you'd better use another port because it cannot be properly read.

Of course, the odd thing is that the row which is failing for you is PC2. I ...

Just went looking up the XTant and Model MF threads but couldn't find them in here, even though they're impressive IBM Model F mods...