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RE: It’s easier than you think to build yourself a custom keyboard

in #programming3 days ago

It's not something I've looked into, but I know some people obsess over keyboards. Do the old computers use the same controllers for their keyboards? I vaguely remember doing stuff on the Beeb to read when more than one key was pressed. Since then I've used the old DIN plug keyboards and PS/2 before it all went USB.

3D printers open more options if you can print your own keys. I need to look into Tinkercad as someone at work recommended it.

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Old keyboards don't use modern switches but always work on similar principles, at the end of the day it is just making or breaking a connection.

Tinkercad is lovely if you just want to bash something out, I use Onshape for more complex stuff usually. Main think tinker is missing is things like chamfers/bevels and a proper history (it just has undo), they even added sketches recently

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