deskthority

That's pretty fantastic.

Any guess on roughly how much it costs to make a batch of these? The materials are cheap, obviously, but I've never priced out having anything custom laser cut.

Jlcpcb has rp2040 in stock, so you don't have to solder them yourself. But it's also possible to solder qfn chips like that at home, as long as you have a hot air station, leaded solder, and good tacky flux. There's plenty youtube tutorials on that. I've done it myself successfully many times. I co...

I made an open source controller design here: https://github.com/purdeaandrei/overnumpad_controller_1xb Unfortunately you can't order it as it is from JLCPCB right now, cause of the chip shortage. I have a batch that I ordered before the chip went out of stock, that I will be selling, but first I n...

Assuming you mean Mini M rather than New M (latter of which reuses the same inner assembly and electronics as the Ultra Classic/SpaceSaver M): I noticed something odd the moment I opened it up - instead of having the 16x8 matrix of vintage Model M boards, the controller and matrix ribbon cable both...

See for some additional info on a project that I am collaborating on with Wendell from Level1Techs. https://youtu.be/xCHbd3x13rU https://gitlab.com/esr/m-star I primarily am contributing on testing and validating the new prototype of a QMK-based controller to add built-in USB support with a variety...

I'm working on building a QMK compatible controller for my Unicomp New Model M. As much as I like this keyboard, the controller in this thing is just flaky as all get out. Hangs after booting requiring a replug, etc. I noticed something odd the moment I opened it up - instead of having the 16x8 matr...

Just curious here - what's the approximate actuation force/distance for these new switches? The couple force curves of unknown accuracy I've been able to find put the vintage switches at a pretty light 45-ish cN with a fairly long by modern standards actuation distance of about 2.7mm. No idea if the...

I put my name on the list soon as I saw this. Beamsprings in a simple understated case? Sounds perfect to me.

I’m especially excited about getting a standard, modern, full size layout.