A 3D-printed, handwired build Jibril-sama built his own 3D-printed, handwired keyboard with exposed diode array.
KBD.news Published October 22, 2021
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We don't see resin printed keyboards very often, nor handwired ones with nicely grouped exposed diodes.
This photolog demonstrates why. :D
As masochistic as this may look, handwired projects are still great for prototyping and they deserve to be regularly featured here on KBD.news.
[…]the worst part is not soldering the diodes themselves. It's because I have to use enameled wires to be able to cram everything under there. The worst part was soldering those wires to the switch legs. I swear those wires are solderphobic. It just won't stick to the wire. And because it's hard to see if you actually burned through the coating or not, I had to check the connection with multimeter after every wire.
Published on Fri 22nd Oct 2021. Featured in KBD #49 (source ).
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