key-ripper VS Mycodo

Nice - a friend and I worked on my keyboard's debouncer and call it "eager debouncing", not sure if there's an official term for it. I agree that it's much better for latency.

Awhile ago I made an remote infrared sending tool so a raspberry pi can control my A/C unit

https://blog.bschwind.com/2016/05/29/sending-infrared-comman...

Since then I made a much slimmer, cheaper, more efficient version based on the ESP32 but I haven't written up much about that.

I also created my own keyboard with firmware in Rust

https://github.com/bschwind/key-ripper

I've done a bunch of other small one-off projects too.

Good luck! I have an open source keyboard project in KiCad as well, feel free to reference or use anything from it.

Not sure if the author of the post is around, but I guess this is a question for anyone who has designed keyboards: have you ever tried using shift registers for reading all the keyswitch inputs, and is it worth it? Does it mean you don't have to use a diode per switch?

I've designed my own as well but just went with the traditional key matrix with a diode per switch. Works well enough for the current size.

https://github.com/bschwind/key-ripper

All the source files can be found here

I made my own keyboard layout just the way I want so I would put these caps on that, or replace the stock caps that came with my Filco board.

Twist looks awesome, I'd put it on my key-ripper

You can absolutely run Rust on the pico - I designed a keyboard with Rust firmware which runs on an RP2040. That being said, wireless functionality might not be existent yet in the Rust world for the Pico W, but I'm sure it won't take long to get added.

I looked at the schematic and it seems reasonable. I just completed an RP2040 project with USB C and it works correctly. You can see the project files here

For controlling everything, the plan is to use a Raspberry Pi running Mycodo, which will connect to the the temperature/humidity sensors, and also control the LED lights, the misting sprayers, and the heating coil.

As others have pointed out, there are quite a few alternatives already on the market, including open source ones. If you are attempting to turn this into a marketable product, you might be disappointed.

I'd also take a look at mycodo (here is the repo) which I personally found much more powerful than BrewPi and has an okay API I think if you want to set up your own frontend

Update: Found out about: MyCodo - https://github.com/kizniche/Mycodo (opensource Environmental Regulation System for rasbery pi) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyqykZK2Ev4

Mycodo is great for the software side, but I don't think they have libraries for any wireless sensors.

There's tons of land unused in the US. But I also agree with you. I haven't played with this one yet, but it looks very nice

https://github.com/kizniche/Mycodo

Inkbird has a good reputation at a relatively low cost. Personally, I like to build my own systems using the Mycodo system running on Raspberry Pi W's.

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