Keyboard Builders' Digest / Inspiration
Medley of crazy ideas
Big-ass enter with embedded touchpad, artisan OLED covers, prototyping with rails, LED indicator light using a BIC ballpoint tube.
Published October 25, 2021
These are some links with crazy inspirational ideas without much content.
Big-ass enter with embedded touchpad: https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/qb6idw/simulationidea_backwardsl_return_with_embedded/
Artisan OLED covers: https://www.reddit.com/r/ErgoMechKeyboards/comments/qcitxw/so_my_oled_screens_died_and_nothing_got_them/
LED indicator light using a BIC ballpoint tube: https://www.reddit.com/r/olkb/comments/qaprpx/bush_fix_led_indicator_light_on_xd75_with_an/
Prototyping with rails: https://www.reddit.com/r/ErgoMechKeyboards/comments/qaxlw9/wip_kyfle_the_flexible_split_with_options/
Sliders look cool (but why?): https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/qc8del/sliders_are_fun/
A macro keypad on Kickstarter by Jeremy Cook with GPIO pins broken out, "including I2C pins for virtually unlimited control of external devices": https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/291892408/jc-pro-macro-2-mechanical-keypad
Published on Mon 25th Oct 2021. Featured in KBD #49.
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