Out with the old, in with the new.
Posted: 19 Oct 2019, 02:41
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Out with the old, in with the new.
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Re: Out with the old, in with the new.
Posted: 19 Oct 2019, 20:01
The Key Tronic's plate holes are a tiny bit bigger than Cherry MX, so that PCB is going to be needed.
I keep a Key Tronic plate as template for cutting foam dampener to put in-between PCB and plate.
I keep a Key Tronic plate as template for cutting foam dampener to put in-between PCB and plate.
Re: Out with the old, in with the new.
Posted: 19 Oct 2019, 23:35
Yes, it's going to be held in place with standoffs and I will drill the holes in the original plate. I'm also going to be using in-switch diodes like the old G80s did for more stability.Findecanor wrote: ↑19 Oct 2019, 20:01The Key Tronic's plate holes are a tiny bit bigger than Cherry MX, so that PCB is going to be needed.
I keep a Key Tronic plate as template for cutting foam dampener to put in-between PCB and plate.
Re: Out with the old, in with the new.
Posted: 24 Oct 2019, 20:29
Almost done with the PCB, going to do some final measurements on the old plate and case before sending it off.
(I decided to put the LEDs and beeper on separate modules)
(I decided to put the LEDs and beeper on separate modules)
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Re: Out with the old, in with the new.
Posted: 24 Oct 2019, 21:30
Nice!
Re: Out with the old, in with the new.
Posted: 27 Oct 2019, 18:25
It is ordered.
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Re: Out with the old, in with the new.
Posted: 29 Oct 2019, 03:36
Do you have a picture of the donor board, the entire thing?
Re: Out with the old, in with the new.
Posted: 29 Oct 2019, 11:12
Re: Out with the old, in with the new.
Posted: 30 Oct 2019, 03:32
What is this blasphemy!? 
Re: Out with the old, in with the new.
Posted: 30 Oct 2019, 13:04
Re: Out with the old, in with the new.
Posted: 09 Nov 2019, 02:44
Unfortunately, the idiots at KeyTronic decided not to use standard spacing between the numpad, navcluster, and alphablock so they are all slightly offset from each other.
What I'm going to do is cut the PCBs into 3 and wire them all together. It still should be pretty stable since I put standoffs in each part.
What I'm going to do is cut the PCBs into 3 and wire them all together. It still should be pretty stable since I put standoffs in each part.
Re: Out with the old, in with the new.
Posted: 09 Nov 2019, 02:47
By the way, does anyone know how to reliably measure keyboard chassises?
I don't want to mess up my multimedia Gateway Alps board project like this one (especially since that one will need a plate as well as a PCB)
I don't want to mess up my multimedia Gateway Alps board project like this one (especially since that one will need a plate as well as a PCB)
Re: Out with the old, in with the new.
Posted: 09 Nov 2019, 06:04
Get a set of callipers to measure things, a cheap set of dial callipers should be sufficient
Re: Out with the old, in with the new.
Posted: 09 Nov 2019, 18:28
Today I will start modifying the original plate and cut the PCB into 3 parts.
Re: Out with the old, in with the new.
Posted: 09 Nov 2019, 19:39
Out of curiosity, how much are they out by? It looks like 0.5u spacing from the photo.abrahamstechnology wrote: ↑09 Nov 2019, 02:44Unfortunately, the idiots at KeyTronic decided not to use standard spacing between the numpad, navcluster, and alphablock so they are all slightly offset from each other.
What I'm going to do is cut the PCBs into 3 and wire them all together. It still should be pretty stable since I put standoffs in each part.
Re: Out with the old, in with the new.
Posted: 09 Nov 2019, 20:44
That's what I thought too but it's ever so slightly more.swampangel wrote: ↑09 Nov 2019, 19:39Out of curiosity, how much are they out by? It looks like 0.5u spacing from the photo.abrahamstechnology wrote: ↑09 Nov 2019, 02:44Unfortunately, the idiots at KeyTronic decided not to use standard spacing between the numpad, navcluster, and alphablock so they are all slightly offset from each other.
What I'm going to do is cut the PCBs into 3 and wire them all together. It still should be pretty stable since I put standoffs in each part.
Re: Out with the old, in with the new.
Posted: 11 Nov 2019, 19:23
Nice job and an interesting project