Conversation

Notices

1. Embed this notice
   Markus :prami: (muhh@social.lol)'s status on Monday, 12-Feb-2024 19:33:56 JST Markus :prami:

   Finally started building that nice keyboard which was laying around for waaaay too long now.

   The soldering of the controller part went well for the most part, but the computer crashed during the first test.
   On the Mac behind a docking station, I only get an error message saying that the USB device is consuming too much power.
   So there is obviously a short circuit somewhere. As far as I can see on the USB-C port. With its 16 ... https://www.byzero.de/2024/02/06/finally-started-building.html

   • Embed this notice
     Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Monday, 12-Feb-2024 19:33:50 JST Aral Balkan

     in reply to

     @muhh Enjoy! For me, I found that I can live with a lot of things but not without the arrow keys :)

   • Embed this notice
     Markus :prami: (muhh@social.lol)'s status on Monday, 12-Feb-2024 19:33:51 JST Markus :prami:

     in reply to

     Done! Finished! :prami_happy:

     Now comes the hardest part, rewiring my brain and muscle memory.

   • Embed this notice
     Markus :prami: (muhh@social.lol)'s status on Monday, 12-Feb-2024 19:33:52 JST Markus :prami:

     in reply to

     All switches in place. Now the test.

   • Embed this notice
     Markus :prami: (muhh@social.lol)'s status on Monday, 12-Feb-2024 19:33:53 JST Markus :prami:

     in reply to

     OLED screen in position

   • Embed this notice
     Markus :prami: (muhh@social.lol)'s status on Monday, 12-Feb-2024 19:33:53 JST Markus :prami:

     in reply to

     All soldering done!
     Now I can’t stop until I’m done.

   • Embed this notice
     Markus :prami: (muhh@social.lol)'s status on Monday, 12-Feb-2024 19:33:54 JST Markus :prami:

     in reply to

     And done.

   • Embed this notice
     Markus :prami: (muhh@social.lol)'s status on Monday, 12-Feb-2024 19:33:55 JST Markus :prami:

     in reply to

     Next: the diodes. That they are so present is what I liked most about this keyboard.
     Good thing it’s way easier to solder them than the controller was.

   • Embed this notice
     Markus :prami: (muhh@social.lol)'s status on Monday, 12-Feb-2024 19:33:56 JST Markus :prami:

     in reply to

     • Sara Joy :happy_pepper:

     Thanks to @sarajw and a lot of flux I was able to get rid of that short and it now gets discovered properly.

     I feel content to show some progress here.

     It looks way better from the top.