keyboards

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/27860161

I have an idea for a new kind of keyboard, i think the best way to test it would be to make one and get it to work with my computer. If i can get each button on it to send a keypress signal like any other keyboard, i can work out the details with software like Kanata.

I have access to a 3D printer and i can make models in Blender, but i have no idea where to start with the electronics. Should i look into Arduino? Contact electronics manufacturers? How do i get from an idea on paper to a physical prototype?

I should mention, this thing is actually supposed to be a TV remote, because i think it's bogus how little typing on a game console or smart TV has evolved since the '80s. I said keyboard because that's basically what i'm trying to prototype, but normal mechanical keyboard hardware is rather bigger than what i'm trying to make. Little buttons my computer can treat as a keyboard would be a good step toward making a good design for a remote controller. Also, i am not a programmer. I know a little HTML and have dabbled with Inform6/7, but C and Python are magic wizard stuff to me.

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Recently got a Keychron K10 Max. Love the board, and it runs QMK firmware.

On Linux, I am able to use OpenRGB to control my case lighting as well as my USB Logitech mouse. However, OpenRGB does not detect my Keychron (which is fine -- it is not on the supported hardware list). I have verified that I can control the keyboard lighting via the webtool, but obviously that isn't ideal for common usage.

My understanding is that QMK keyboards should be software controllable via OpenRGB. I have added the device (by PID/VID) in the QMK settings of OpenRGB, but it is still undetected.

I have seem some older posts about enabling OpenRGB support in the QMK firmware. I have verified I can compile and flash firmware, so mostly I am wondering if anyone here has experience for modding QMK for OpenRGB, or if that is even supposed to be necessary? I am a bit at a loss as to why it isn't working, tbh.

Thanks in advance!

Edit: want to add some additional details. I have also:

• tried adjusting the default OpenRGB udev rules to match my actual KB. There is a KeychronKeyboardController entry, but it has different PID and VID. If I change this to mine (3434 and 0aa0), after reloading the rules, the behavior does not change.
• tried adding a new udev rule with my specific VID and PID and uaccess enabled. No change with this either.

Both of the above were shots in the dark, since I think I can rule out udev since the keyboard is detected by the webtool.

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/12826007

Is this a thing?

I always have spare keyboards out of use either from old machines or pulled out of the trash. Many of them have a dead key which ruins their purpose as a primary keyboard. It’s probably not worth the effort to bypass a bad trace. So why not have a 2nd keyboard just for symbols and emoji? ATM to enter a €uro symbol I have to type 3 keys ($specialkey+c+=). Or more importantly, the properly angled single and double quotes (’ ‘ “ ” ) each require typing 3 keys. That shit is annoyingly tedious. And consider all the superscripts¹.

I attached a qwerty keyboard and azerty keyboard at the same time (Debian, wayland + sway). The AZERTY board was treated as QWERTY. So that’s bizarre. Sure it’s useful that the layout is controllable by software, but strange that the keyboard’s native layout is not the default. It seems as if the layout choice (man xkeyboard-config) is universally imposed on all attached devices. Is it possible to configure a QWERTY or Dvorak layout for keyboard 1 and a totally custom or symbolic layout for keyboard 2?

¹ all the digits on a secondary keyboard could be superscripted like this footnote. E.g. ¹²³⁴⁵⁶⁷⁸⁹.. typing each of those requires 3 key presses.

update

Possible answer: I hear this project enables different layouts to be assigned to different physical devices:

https://github.com/rvaiya/keyd

Bit annoying that that project has not made it into Debian official repos, but at least there are deb files.

I've been looking around to find a good keyboard for myself after having used a sad wireless membrane, so, after reading around a bit, as my first foray I decided I wanted a 75% with mechanical brown switches, but I'm finding it really hard to find a good list of keyboards that matches my description because I'd like the layout to be Italian and most, if not all of the ones I found are US instead, I'm not a touch typer so I still care about that.

So is there any comprehensive website that allows you to filter by all the relevant characteristics?

I'm looking for something like the Logitech Craft. Is that the only keyboard with this feature, or are there others?

I don't like them.

I needed a numpad to go with me TKL keyboard, because I occasionally do data entry. I picked up an Epomaker TH21 with yellow switches and I hated it. I'd naively thought "I'll get a numpad from the same folks that made the keyboard that I love" and didn't check the switches.

My keyboard (Ajazz k870t) has brown switches. They're loud and bouncy and I love them.

i have a Unicomp ps2 keyboard that I've been using for about 25 years that seems to be nearing the end of its service life. it gave me a scare a few years back so i bought a cherry mx board as a backup but the thing gave me doublestrikes all the time so that's not a long-term solution for my next iteration. considering going for another unicomp since i like the chonkyness of it. i always think about a keyboard i encountered back in the 90s that had a special MACRO section onboard, and the old SIIG ALPS keyswitch keyboards. anyone used one of those new-fangled optical keyswitch boards?

Your keyboard is (probably) gross!

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