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Building a keyboardfrom scratch Jesse Vincent
[email protected]://keyboard.io
@obra / @keyboardioWednesday, July 24, 13
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Why?
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My boss stole my keyboard
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WARNING
WARNING
There are no more cat pictures in this talk
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I couldn’t find a keyboard I wanted
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I tried
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So, you want tomake a keyboard?
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Tools you’ll need
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SolderingIron
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000BRC2XU
$5+ ($86)
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Wirecutter
$0.99
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Tools you’ll want
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Wirecutter
http://www.adafruit.com/products/147
$7
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Solder Sucker
http://www.adafruit.com/products/148$5
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Fine-tipped tweezers
http://www.adafruit.com/products/422
$4
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Wire-wrappingtool
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006C43VJU
$13
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Multimeter
http://www.amazon.com/B000EVYGZA/
$20
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Hot Glue Gun
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0009XTPAO
$20
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Parts you’ll need
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Keyswitches
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Cherry MXKeyswitches
http://www.cherrycorp.com/english/switches/key/mx.htm
$0.80/ea
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Key Caps
http://www.wasdkeyboards.com/87-key-cherry-mx-keycap-set.html
$37
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Don’t makeyour own
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26-30AWGEnamel-insulatedmagnet wire
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0082CUQEIWednesday, July 24, 13
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Rosin-coreSolder
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008DEYEAW
$6
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Teensy 2.0Microcontroller
http://www.pjrc.com/store/teensy.html
$16
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ArduinoPro Microis also ok
https://www.sparkfun.com/products/11098
$20
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WARNING
WARNING
There is no more Arduino in this talk
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MiniUSB cable
$0
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Parts you’ll want
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$9
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006C4ABR0
26-30AWGKynar-insulatedwire-wrappingwire
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Jumper wires
http://www.adafruit.com/products/266
$7
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IN4148Diodes
$12...for 500
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Parts you’ll make
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The case
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Design your own!
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14mm square holes
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3+ mm apart
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Top plate:1.5 mm thick
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I designed my first keyboards inOmniGraffle
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14mm
14mm3+mm
3+mm
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Prototypewith paper
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Use lasers to cut out the pieces
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Use CAD to model the weirderstuff
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openscadmodule key(x,y,rotation) { translate([(x*key_spacing),(y*key_spacing),-0.01]) { rotate(rotation) key_inner(); }}
module key_inner() { union() { translate([0,0,-3.5]) key_support(); cube(size=[keyswitch_x,keyswitch_y,keyswitch_plate_thickness], center=true); }}
module key_support() { difference() {
cube(size=[key_spacing-2,key_spacing-2,6], center=true); interior_bevels(); }}
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openscadmodule keyColumn(x,y) { translate([(x*key_spacing),(y*key_spacing),0]) { key(0,0); key(1,0); key(2,0); key(3,0); }}module hand() { rotate([0,0,-9]) keyColumn(0.5,-0.05); rotate([0,0,-13]) keyColumn(0.1,1.4); rotate([0,0,-15]) keyColumn(-0.2,2.7); rotate([0,0,-20]) { keyColumn(-0.2,4); keyColumn(0,5); key(2.2,6); key(3.2,6); } translate([165,24,0]) thumbKeys();}
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What didn’t I mention?
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Printed Circuit Board
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You do know how to design and etch PCBs right?
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Can you teach me?
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Putting it together
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Try the keys & keycaps
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Start Soldering
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Flat pin:Connect Diode
Square pin: Connect wire
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Wire-wrap the keys in each row
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Solder the diodes in columns
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Why Diodes?
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Key Ghosting
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then trim the terminal wires
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Connect them in parallel
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Connect the black ends to the keys
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Don’t solder the diodes to each other
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You want thewire-wrapping wire
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Solder a wire to each column
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Solder a wire to each row
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Connect those wires to the microcontroller
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Firmware
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Install avr-gcc
pjrc.com/teensy/gcc.html
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InstallTeensyLoader
pjrc.com/teensy/loader.html
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Configure some keyboard firmware
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github.com/humblehacker/keyboard
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% vi config.kspec
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% make
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Install your firmware
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Test your keyboard
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(This is why you want a multimeter)
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My experiences
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Mark 1 KeyboardWednesday, July 24, 13
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shell from ergodox.org
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Mark 2 Keyboard
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Mark 3 Keyboard
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Mark 4Keyboard
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Mark 5Keyboard
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Mark 6 Keyboard
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Mark 7 Keyboard
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Mark 8Keyboard
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Mark 9 Keyboard
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What have I learned?
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Hardware is not scary
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3D printers are almost there
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Iterating on hardwareisn’t much harder than iterating on software
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Patching hardware is a lot harder
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Patching hardwareis a lot more satisfying
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Keyboards don’t have to suck
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Make one
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...or nine
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What’s next?
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Figuring out a mousing solution
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Learning aboutPCB design
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Learning aboutcontract manufacturing
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Learning how to makea Kickstarter video
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Questions?
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