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So, I made a keyboard
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Building a keyboard from scratch Jesse
Vincent jesse@fsck.com http://keyboard.io @obra / @keyboardio Wednesday, April 24, 13
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Why? Wednesday, April 24,
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My boss stole my
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I couldn’t find
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I tried Wednesday, April
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So, you want
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Tools you’ll need Wednesday,
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Soldering Iron Wednesday, April 24,
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Wire cutter Wednesday, April 24,
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Tools you’ll want Wednesday,
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Wire cutter Wednesday, April 24,
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Solder Sucker Wednesday, April
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Fine-tipped tweezers Wednesday, April 24,
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Multimeter Wednesday, April 24,
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Hot Glue Gun Wednesday, April
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Parts you’ll need Wednesday,
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Keyswitches Wednesday, April 24,
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IN418 Diodes Wednesday, April 24,
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Magnet Wire Wednesday, April 24,
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Rosin-core Solder Wednesday, April 24,
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Microcontroller Wednesday, April 24,
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PJRC.com Teensy (Atmel Atmega) Wednesday,
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Key Caps Wednesday, April
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A Case Wednesday, April
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Jumper wires Wednesday, April 24,
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MiniUSB cable Wednesday, April 24,
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A bit more explanation Wednesday,
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The case & layout Wednesday, April
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Design your own! Wednesday,
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14mm square holes Wednesday,
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3+ mm apart Wednesday,
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Top plate: 1.5 mm thick Wednesday,
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Edge & bottom plates: Much
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I designed my
first keyboards in Omingraffle Wednesday, April 24, 13
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14mm 14mm 3+mm 3+mm Wednesday, April 24,
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Prototype with paper Wednesday, April
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3D Printer for crazy
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Key Ghosting Wednesday, April
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Credit: @pdcawley Wednesday, April
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Credit: @pdcawley Wednesday, April
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Credit: @pdcawley Wednesday, April
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Try the keys
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Start Soldering Wednesday, April
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Flat pin: Connect Diode Square
pin: Connect wire Wednesday, April 24, 13
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Connect the keys in each
row Wednesday, April 24, 13
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Solder the diodes in columns Wednesday,
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Connect them in parallel Wednesday, April
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Connect the black ends to
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Solder a wire to
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Connect those wires to
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Install avr-gcc pjrc.com/teensy/gcc.html Wednesday, April
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Teensy Loader pjrc.com/teensy/loader.html Wednesday, April 24,
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github.com/humblehacker/keyboard Wednesday, April 24,
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% vi config.kspec Wednesday,
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% make Wednesday, April
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Test your keyboard Wednesday, April
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(This is why you
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What didn’t I mention? Wednesday,
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Printed Circuit Board Wednesday, April 24,
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You do not need
one! Wednesday, April 24, 13
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My experiences Wednesday, April
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Mark 1 Keyboard Wednesday,
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shell from ergodox.org Wednesday, April
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Thanks! http://keyboard.io Wednesday, April 24,
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