54 lines
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54 lines
1.7 KiB
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# bleghboard
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The bleghboard is a WIP handwired ortholinear split keyboard that is BLE-capable
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due to the [Adafruit Feather M0 Bluefruit LE][controller].
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# Goals
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+ Modular & Easy-to-Repair
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+ I break stuff pretty frequently. I'm not sure if that's due to my rough
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nature or kids or cats or clumsiness, but I need a keyboard that is kind
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to my hands *and* simple to repair
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+ Sturdy
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+ USB-C
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+ Bluetooth for wireless and portable use
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+ Split hands
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+ Ortholinear
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+ Reprogrammability
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+ Cheap & Salvageable parts
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# Parts
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+ Wire (duh)
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+ [Adafruit Feather M0 Bluefruit LE][controller]
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+ Some 18650 cell I tore out of a laptop battery
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+ Some salvaged keyboard switches
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+ A fat pack of [diodes][diodes]
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+ 2x TRRS Jack Terminal Blocks ([Link][trrs-jack])
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+ **TODO**: TRRS-friendly IO expander
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+ [MCP23018][MCP23018] as seen on ErgoDox?
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+ **TODO**: Male Mini-USB to Female USB-C (because I only want one or zero
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cables for all the things)
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+ https://www.amazon.com/Adapter-ARKTEK-Charging-Digital-Samsung/dp/B072J5B3BR
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+ **TODO**: Some means of indicating battery power, preferably in time remaining?
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## Tools
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+ Soldering Iron (I have a trash Radio Shack one)
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+ Rosin-Core Solder (Mine is 0.22" Diameter Silver Bearing 62/36/2 also
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from Radio Shack)
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+ Computer capable of flashing the firmware
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And since I've done all the extremely difficult work, you won't need:
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+ Breadboard
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+ Jumpers galore
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+ Header pins for controller <-> breadboard
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+ A head full of ways to write terrible C/'duino code
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[controller]: https://www.adafruit.com/product/2995
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[trrs-jack]: https://www.adafruit.com/product/2915
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[MCP23018]: https://www.adafruit.com/product/732
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[diodes]: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06XB1R2NK
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