Keyboard Builders' Digest / Tips & Tricks
Radio interference regulations and keyboards
As Pylon points out, your custom keyboard is probably illegal. A post on radio interference testing regulations.
Published December 12, 2021
Creators! Feel free to tip me off about your keyboard related projects to bring them to 100K readers.
A quick summary:
- Digital devices such as keyboards can generate unintended radio interference.
- Government agencies regulate the airwaves, and generally require consumer electronics products to be tested.
- These tests require very expensive calibrated equipment.
- Most custom keyboards out there do not perform these tests, and are potentially illegal.
This has been something I’ve been looking into over the course of designing my 120% keyboard, and something that I’m generally pretty concerned about for the keyboard community. I’ve brought this up in various Discord servers at various times, but would like to write a longform post about this – Pylon.
Read the whole post here:
Published on Sun 12th Dec 2021. Featured in KBD #56 (source).
Related
QWERTY scores by language
Data visualizer desfirsit investigated which language is easiest to type on a QWERTY keyboard.
Apple Extended II USB mod
A retrofitted Apple Extended Keyboard II with internal USB hub (photolog) by greener_ca.
Keyboard case resin duplication
A guide on how to duplicate your keyboard case with silicone and resin. Photolog by bmallCakeDiver.DIY switch films
DIY switch films: 1 & 2
TinyS3 controller
UnexpectedMaker's TinyS3 is a development board featuring the ESP32-S3 controller, and offering both wired and wireless connection.