deskthority

Hi guys, I'm looking into building dactyl mini as in the guide by Dan Ford
I believe the current version of Amoeba PCB has no support for Choc low profile switches.
Googling didn't help so thought maybe here I could get an answer:
- is there similar project supporting choc switches?
- I haven't ...

Hi guys, I'm looking into building dactyl mini as in the guide by Dan Ford
I believe the current version of Amoeba PCB has no support for Choc low profile switches.
Googling didn't help so thought maybe here I could get an answer:
- is there similar project supporting choc switches?
- I haven't ...

Hi, I'm looking to build a keyboard with the King amoebas, but I don't quite understand the wiring/pinout and am slightly afraid of committing as this is the first time I'm building something like this (using amoebas + hopefully using RGB with it as well).

My understanding is that R denotes ...

Ah, very true! that makes sense. I wonder if those could be moved closer to the edge pads so when you solder the wire you could just pick a hole to reduce the overall number of soldering operations.


That's a pretty good idea. I wouldn't know how to do that (I'd like to learn, but I've got too ...

What is the purpose of the solder-jumpers on the amoeba?


I am no expert, but I believe it has to do with the LED matrix. There are 4 pads on the LEDs, so I assume it's to make sure the Data line is going the right direction.

Pink being the Data line in the crude wiring diagram I shared ...

freznel10 wrote: 27 Jul 2021, 17:08 Oh so you stripped the insulation? Then bent them using the wiring jig

Yep, exactly. Those are the "jumpers". The jig just facilitates making them since you need so many.

Oh you'll also see below the LED we have D1 D2 D0. That is directional, you'll see the top row is all middle&right while the bottom row is middle&left. All that needs to be done there is to put a small blob of solder in the direction of the row.


Thanks. What kind of wire did you use ...

Oh you'll also see below the LED we have D1 D2 D0. That is directional, you'll see the top row is all middle&right while the bottom row is middle&left. All that needs to be done there is to put a small blob of solder in the direction of the row.

Here's some more media:
IMG_20201215_102358.jpgIMG_20201212_021623.jpgIMG_20201210_154920.jpg
GIF/vid of LEDs in action:
http://imgur.com/gallery/wWluNvc


Hi I was wondering how the jumpers work for the Amoeba King. Do you have a guide on it?


Hi, I don't have a guide other than the image ...

Here's some more media: GIF/vid of LEDs in action:
http://imgur.com/gallery/wWluNvc

Oh gosh :o , sorry for the delay. I thought email notifications were enabled.

This is what I ordered from JLCPCB:

Screenshot_20210720-185145.jpg

Ordered 200 of these(reduced amount to stay in budget): https://m.aliexpress.com/item/4000475685852.html

500 of these:
https://a.aliexpress.com ...

It's not perfect, but it does speed up the process quite a bit (in my opinion).

Here are some images of me using the jig:
feel free to use/modify/sell or whatever you want with that STL. Took me 10 mins in tinkercad.

if I may make a suggestion, the pcbs are great, but it might make sense to make the column and row connection pads larger, so that you can solder to them without putting the wire through the hole.


I think they said that space was limited seeing as how there's a lot of stuff in a small single ...

Hello ping,

I can't speak for the other links but here's my feedback on the HID Tech ones that I made.

The sole purpose of the 1u hotswap MX is to be easy to use - only two row connections, and two column connections.

I made them because I found the amoebas too "messy" if that makes sense.

I ...

Sorry for the dumb question, I've been following this thread for a while now as a lurker. I wanted to order some of these and not sure which is the latest and greatest version?
Is it the one from mtl, jking or HID Tech?

https://github.com/mtl/keyboard-pcbs
https://github.com/JKing-B16/keyboard ...