Status af my #Teensy2 powered #dactyl keyboard: breadboarding is ongoing, I have a functional 4-button keyboard (aoeu on Dvorak, asdf on qwerty).

The I²C connection to the MCP23018 IO expander works, but not yet fully through the TRRS jack cable (I think it's bad connection/soldering on one of the pins, that's on me). Six months ago I wouldn't have known what any part of than previous sentence meant 😅 it's a wonderful learning journey.

#keyboard #electronics #avr

Handwired keyboard question:

As I was using my keyboard, suddenly a during a keypress (in the "row" of two keys in the middle) the entire column is being triggered (and flickering). I checked the connections on the keys but I could not find any shorts.

What could this be? Should I resolder everything just to be sure?

#Handwired #MechanicalKeyboard #Dactyl #Manuform #Soldering

After a few hours of scratching my head about the diode wiring, my #diy #dactyl #manuform #splitkeyboard is wired up and working!

Now I need to do the other half 😭

The thick enamel wire is horrible to solder to (at least I'm sure there won't be any shorts!) and the config is really confusing to reason about.

But it's all set up with #Vial #QMK so at least I can change the keymap without recompiling/flashing!

Finally starting to build the latest version of my Dactyl Lynx keyboard! Many thanks to my coworker Baran for printing me some new keyboard parts while my 3D printer is in storage. Now to start soldering...

https://hackaday.io/project/176016-dactyl-lynx/log/239652-finally-starting-to-assemble-the-new-design

#ergo #keyboard #ergokeyboard #dactyl #dactyl_lynx

😢 😢 I started working on my walking desk after a few months of knees rehabilitation and my (last) #diy #dactyl keyboard starts emitting random noise characters. I'll need to dedicate an afternoon for debugging and fixing it. (Also if anyone in Ljubljana would like to join for some keyboard hacking, let me know).

Anyway, here's my setup (I'll write a blogpost about it when I'll find some time).