47 Results for "keyboard"

Keyboard Circuits
Log from NanoEgg Music Synthesizer
Now that we have these wonderful 3d printed keyboard sections, and have mounted them in the case, we really need some way to electronically tell if a key has been pressed. The plan is to develop a printed circuit board with traces that act as contacts,...

Replicating the Keyboard
Log from SPHINX (СФИНКС) Home Computer System
I started this project by finding as many photos as I could of the SPHINX mock-up. The photos fell into three categories: Photos from Technical Aesthetics taken in 1987 - These photos are beautifully staged, but suffer the limitations...

Yet another keyboard
Log from MiniBSD laptop computer
Though the old Tesla keybaord I described here and here and described by @Benchoff in #Metal Dome Keyboard is still in my drawer in amount higher than small, I'm looking for alternatives for my MiniBSD. I found one in here, for the case the listing is...

New Keyboard Test
Log from NanoEgg Music Synthesizer
So, I made a test print of the new keyboard model I made in Autodesk Fusion 360 the other day. In case you didn't read the last post, it looked kinda like this:It took a few tries to get a reasonable 3d model out of the Rostock printers. It didn't like...

Phone Teardowns + Keyboard Survey
Log from ESP32 WiPhone
We have a bunch of cheap phones we’ve been tearing apart, and wanted to post a some pics. Particularly, we’ve been looking to see how they make the buttons and keypads. Teardown Pics This one is a fake Nokia. Of all the cheap phones we’ve torn apart,...

Starting over: New Keyboard Model
Log from NanoEgg Music Synthesizer
I'm going to jump ahead a bit. The previous logs are for things I did weeks ago, but haven't had time to document yet. I'll get back to those, but I wanted to start sharing current events.My 3d software suddenly stopped working, and nothing I could do...

Designing and Building Pentasynth Keyboard
Log from Pentasynth
I built Pentasynth a few months ago as an experimental project around a musical instrument that could be played by people with limited musical knowledge. My local makerspace had got in some carvable PCB blanks for Carvey last year, and I wanted...

Reverse engineering the keyboard, part I
Log from Psioπ
The first part I'm attacking is the keyboard. The keyboard is the reason I want to build a "modernized" Psion, I really like this form factor! The plan is to convert it to a USB keyboard since that will work with any modern computer, but before I can...

A Teardown of a metal dome keyboard
Log from Metal Dome Keyboard
I'll start off with the money shot. It's a 35-key keyboard, probably originally intended for handheld inventory computers or something else used in an industrial setting. Pretty normal and what you'd expect, but check it out, doubleshot caps.Now for...

step 2
Log from Cheap, used parts build Mini PC
1. Disassemble the DELL G7L00 keyboard. Found cable using a conductive rubber, the secondary can not be repaired. The pins of the EM chip (8-bit microcontroller) are measured. Preparing the circuit design, using NRF5283. Transformed into a Bluetooth...

HACKLET 17 – KEYBOARDS
Log from Hackaday.io Project
This week on The Hacklet we're featuring some of the best keyboard hacks from Hackaday.io!Hackers are really into their keyboards. Everyone has a favorite, and those favorites vary wildly. Mechanical, soft touch, ergonomic, QWERTY, DVORAK, chorded, you...

Now it looks like more a computer?
Log from Some small computer project
My tiny computer surely consists of essential element, human interfaces (keyboard, display), storage (SD card), and processing unit. But the current keyboard (firmware re-loaded Xbox360 chatpad) is not for touch-type long-writing one, as you see.Yesterday...

Step 2 - Defining the Problem
Log from Repairing a Broken Compaq Portable Keyboard
Well, now that I had a plan of attack, it was time to take things apart. I took to the keyboard and did a little cleaning while I was in there, and was somewhat surprised (even with the fore-knowledge of how it was supposed to work) at the construction.The...

Case
Log from Alpen Clack
While naked keyboard does have its appeal, it's time to build a case for this baby. I started by cutting out the holes for the keys in the face plate of depron:---------- more ----------They are not perfect -- laser cutter would do them better -- but...

No luck this time...
Log from ELLO 2M
Well, it's time for the first bad report... :-(Received the production samples. Excellent build. In fact so much excellent that it has created a problem on it own.In the earlier prototypes I used to work with a different PCB factory which had more limited...

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