deskthority

Bah! 7bit is a bad person - price goes up on the SPACE150 in colours that aren't grey. I get a correction on the invoice where the correction is less than the paypal fee...

Oh dear... I just ordered some more short spacebars in a variety of exciting colours. I'm sure they'll come in handy.

So, Invoice #174 (presumably it's an extension of my earlier order) I ordered some more browns and reds and got an invoice saying they'd be shipped to an old address. I've updated the address

Presumably my switches will be shipped to the correct address? And... have they shipped yet?

If I hadn't rewired my Maltron's matrix, I'd've ended up with a 19x6 matrix + 3LEDs which definitely required the ++. Having 4 times the ram, flash and EEPROM available certainly don't hurt either.

I've used 'em before for other stuff. Possibly not the cheapest, but service is good and fast (if stuff's in stock) and the boxes they ship in are surprisingly handy. I've not yet taken knife to them to cut out a keypad, but it can only be a matter of time.

I just discovered that HobbyTronics http://www.hobbytronics.co.uk/ have started stocking the Teensy 2++ (24 GBP) and Teensy 3 (19.80 GBP). I've ordered one of each; I reckon that if I port one of the firmwares that are out there I'll end up with a stack of spare computrons and pins for extra macrolo...

You will need 1N4148 diodes. Choose SMD. It's even a better idea to order MX switches with built-in diodes, that will simplify PCB design dramatically. Unfortunately I haven't seen those being popular in group buys. Thanks for the diode-specification. :-) The switches I sell will never ever come wi...

Nah. I like browns. But I do need to pull all the caps and O-ring them.

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5513/9105556771_38df7a72b7.jpg Maltronstein with new keycaps by pdcawley , on Flickr Here's mine installed in a Teensy brained Maltron. Next task is to re case that lot in something a bit more bespoke (and ideally replace the doubled keys in the thumb cluster with sing...

However, adding diodes will get you to 6KRO given a sane controller and a bog standard USB HID compliant device driver on the OS.

Sorry... meant to add... the pins on your teensy are made of copper and will solder perfectly happily if that's what you decide to do, but unless you're mounting it directly on a PCB and solderinging it in place through the holes, you're much, much, much better off with crimp sockets. Point to point...

I've then been soldering one of these: https://www.sparkfun.com/products/9194 to each row and each column and connecting those to the Teensy. My main concern was that i can destroy some Teensy legs, because they seem to be made of some different metal and doesn't solder very well. Definitely worth ...

Paid and looking forward to my lovely new keys. Thanks for organising this.

#0174 arrived yesterday. Thanks

Right. I'm about to be soldering in to a Maltron case, which is a point to point affair using solderable wire. Replacing a key after soldering is going to be a complete PITA (though less of a pain one I've regularised the layout a bit - there were wires going everywhere in the original matrix) so I'...

I can do a test of the Kinesis with sphericals using the ones I've pulled off my Maltron; Not sure they're the same profile, but should give me some idea of how things work. The default Kinesis profiles are amazing; they appear to be both column and row dependent, using profile shape to help keep t...

So, as a result of my gung ho attitude to replacing a keyboard controller, I find myself with a hundred and some Cherry MX switches and I'd like to go through them and weed out the bad ones so I can either sell the rest or use them in insane prototypes. I could fiddle about with a multimeter's conti...

The Kinesis layout. =/+ is top left, '/" is third key down, far right column. I can do a test of the Kinesis with sphericals using the ones I've pulled off my Maltron; Not sure they're the same profile, but should give me some idea of how things work. The default Kinesis profiles are amazing; they a...

Just noticed a lack of =/+ and '/" in 125. Ah well, I know where they are, easy enough to substitute blanks.

Catches up. Admires the final set. Put me down for at least:

KIT1 1
MADNESS100 2
BLANK100 12
BLANK200 4
BLANK200P 2

with an option on another

KIT1 1
MADNESS125
BLANK200 4
BLANK100 8
BLANK125 2

If these keys play nicely with a Kinesis Advantage and I've got the cash.

but this set seems to be in some kind of sweet spot for complexity/utility. I'm sorry I don't agree, these are very complex kits for whom has to sort them (and for real noobs, infact we would have to add a TKL kit anyway). I like the idea too but I don't think this is gonna happen. Hang on! I was r...

Hmm... how did this happen? One minute I'm just thinking replacing the controller in the Maltron, the next I've ordered a bunch of MX Browns from 7bit and, because enough keyswitches are up the spout, the point to point wired matrix is both beautiful and confusing, I've attacked the underside of the...

7bit, is this what you wanted? I did it quickly it misses some keys, but just to get an idea. kit-7bit.png would you want to repeat the keys in the mods kit that are already present in the KIT2? Now these breakdowns, I seriously like. Duplicating the common mods seems like it's going to make the mo...

Um... what's the price differential between the SP default KIT1 and a pure alpha kit (i.e., Kit 1 - spacebar and F-keys)? Some pricing information would be useful at this point. If the price difference _is_ substantial, we then come down to the question of whether whoever receives the stuff from SP ...

Again, that works for me.

That works for me. Is there a two-switch 200 in that list of blanks? And can we have blanks in all colours? (Though looking at some of the modders sets, I might not need as many blanks as I feared).

urlwolf wrote:Piers, I couldn't find anything about this blue shift. Can you share a link?

http://deskthority.net/workshop-f7/a-re ... t4820.html

Just another reduced matrix layered design.

#0174 sent yet? How long do such things normally take to get to the UK?

ALPHA 2xBLANK200P 4xBLANK200 14xBLANK100 All these are available in other kits. Why not selling them separately? do you need so many blanks (especially 1u)? if so I can definitely add more Oh yes. See my other response on this thread. I can live with using old Maltron keys turned upside down or som...

Also this is a kinda advanced set, it's not really done for standard filco tkl For what kind of keyboard is this set really done? Just curious. In my case, a Maltron, with the Maltron layout which has sufficiently many dodgy mx blacks in it that I'd rather were browns that I'm just going to say sod...

I take your point, but for utility/filler keys liked the sized blanks, I'm not sure they add much complexity, do they? Asking for no nipple versions of F&J to be thrown in to alpha comes down to having a layout which would have either IH or FT nippled, neither of which is possible using the keys sug...