Out with the old, in with the new.

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abrahamstechnology

19 Oct 2019, 02:41

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Findecanor

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. :)

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abrahamstechnology

19 Oct 2019, 23:35

Findecanor wrote:
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. :)
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.

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abrahamstechnology

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)
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OldIsNew

24 Oct 2019, 21:30

Nice!

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abrahamstechnology

27 Oct 2019, 18:25

It is ordered.
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XMIT
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29 Oct 2019, 03:36

Do you have a picture of the donor board, the entire thing?

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abrahamstechnology

29 Oct 2019, 11:12

XMIT wrote:
29 Oct 2019, 03:36
Do you have a picture of the donor board, the entire thing?
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JP!

30 Oct 2019, 03:32

What is this blasphemy!? :o

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abrahamstechnology

30 Oct 2019, 13:04

JP! wrote:
30 Oct 2019, 03:32
What is this blasphemy!? :o
I was going to try to revive the original sliders by deep cleaning and lubing them but they are too flimsy and several of them broke.

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abrahamstechnology

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.

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abrahamstechnology

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)

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zrrion

09 Nov 2019, 06:04

Get a set of callipers to measure things, a cheap set of dial callipers should be sufficient

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abrahamstechnology

09 Nov 2019, 18:28

Today I will start modifying the original plate and cut the PCB into 3 parts.

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swampangel

09 Nov 2019, 19:39

abrahamstechnology wrote:
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.
Out of curiosity, how much are they out by? It looks like 0.5u spacing from the photo.

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abrahamstechnology

09 Nov 2019, 20:44

swampangel wrote:
09 Nov 2019, 19:39
abrahamstechnology wrote:
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.
Out of curiosity, how much are they out by? It looks like 0.5u spacing from the photo.
That's what I thought too but it's ever so slightly more.

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Half-Saint

11 Nov 2019, 19:23

Nice job and an interesting project :)

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