keycap_playground
riskeyboard70
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keycap_playground
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Created a complete set of keycaps (222!) optimized for 3D printing that actually look pretty nice
The script that generated these keycaps is also there but you'll probably need to modify it a bit for it to work in your environment: https://github.com/riskable/keycap_playground/blob/master/scripts/gem_full.py
- Feedback wanted on custom keycap. Low-ish profile, first prototype.
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Show HN: An analog keyboard with 3D printed switches
I made a 3D printed keyboard with 3D printed switches + stabilizers and sent it to Chyrosran22 for review.
Longer story: Chyros suggested about 5 months ago that I make an "ultra bright" RGB LED keyboard that used my 3D printable Void Switch design (https://github.com/riskable/void_switch) so he could do a fun "RGB" video. I designed the PCB, the case, the top plate, switches, stabilizers, rotary encoders, etc from scratch and the keyboard in the video is the result.
The keyboard hardware was actually done within the first 3 months but I needed some extra time to add lighting effects to the firmware to meet the "fancy RGB" requirement :)
It's actually my 2nd normal-size analog keyboard design. The first being my Riskeyboard 70 which used a MAX7219 LED matrix display and regular (non-XL) ws2812b RGB LEDs: https://gfycat.com/firsthanduniformeasteuropeanshepherd
Not shown in his video: The top plates have no electronics in them which means they're completely waterproof and can be washed in a sink with soap & water: https://gfycat.com/unconsciousvigilantkinglet . Also, the incremental rotary encoder and absolute rotary encoder (aka "the selection knob") are analog as well (using a custom design).
The keycaps were 3D printed as well and designed using my Keycap Playground: https://github.com/riskable/keycap_playground
- My first 3d printed 👨🔬 customs
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▯: Thanks to 3D printing my coding mistakes are now manifesting themselves in the real world
I wrote a script that generates entire sets of keycaps using my Keycap Playground: https://github.com/riskable/keycap_playground
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Switch Stem Strength - KeysV2 and Void Switches
Also note that split Cherry MX stem in KeyV2 is very fragile no matter what style of printing you use. I've had nothing but trouble with that which is why I developed my own stem types in the Keycap Playground: https://github.com/riskable/keycap_playground
- Design, prototyping and manufacturing are hard work, but results like these make it all worth it 😉
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Making a Space Cadet themed keyset... Antique keyboards sure did have some strange legends
I just made them with the Keycap Playground (https://github.com/riskable/keycap_playground) and printed them with the default orientation (on their side). I didn't even use the "Side Supports" feature. They fit great 👍
- I see your puny, pathetic 20 PPM rotary encoders... and I raise you a 100 PPM encoder taken from a CNC!
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Logitech MX Mechanical
> I wish the customization options and custom keycaps, etc. would trickle to down to the non-mechanical market.
Just get a 3D printer and all your cheap, completely custom keycap desires will be answered...
https://github.com/riskable/keycap_playground
I'm typing on Keycap Playground keycaps right now:
https://gfycat.com/costlyglaringhyracotherium
Also, that gif is of my completely custom analog hall effect keyboard that uses 3D printed Void Switches which you can also customize to your heart's delight:
https://github.com/riskable/void_switch
(Make them feel however you like since the design is parametric and you can customize the feel by changing the total travel, distance between the magnets at rest, etc)
For reference, I'm spending most of my time working on the firmware so that I can start selling some (though "the plan" is mostly surrounding selling PCBs/kits and "print it your damned self!" hehe). Here's the numpad I've been working on lately (to develop the firmware):
https://gfycat.com/softfixedfanworms
riskeyboard70
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Are there any boards that support HE/Lekker switches?
And there are is a good reference hall effect PCBs and firmware from Riskable. So a lot of the legwork for doing something for this kind of project is done already.
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Two state switch?
If you wanted to try to do something DIY you could build something with riskable's void switch and adapt his firmware to do this. Since hall effect sensors are analogue, you program the set and reset point and can set multiple. Although, I do wonder how easy it is to reliably use this feature, but that's the fun in experimentation.
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Revolutionary 3D printable magnetic key switch (Void Switch) design files are now available to the public. Analog keyboard PCB design files (Kicad 6) have also been released (more info in comments)
https://github.com/riskable/riskeyboard70 (it's not quite ready for prime time but at least serves to demonstrate the analog multiplexer logic).
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Show HN: Revolutionary parametric 3D printable magnetic key switches and stabs
I've finally released the (OpenSCAD) source files for my Void Switch and its paired magnetically-stabilized stabilizer design! For background, I've been obsessing over making a fully 3D-printable (analog) keyboard for about two years now. Hackaday has written about it multiple times:
https://hackaday.com/2020/08/20/print-your-way-to-keyboard-s...
https://hackaday.com/2021/08/02/mag-lev-switches-are-the-fut...
https://hackaday.com/2022/01/17/3d-printed-magnetic-switches...
The void_switch repo is actually just one part of the 3D printable keyboard "library" of files I've released in order to make 3D printing a really great keyboard possible. Here's the others:
https://github.com/riskable/keycap_playground -- Design and print your own keycaps (tutorial/demo here: https://youtu.be/WDlRZMvisA4)
https://github.com/riskable/void_switch_kicad -- Kicad 6 footprints and libraries for making analog keyboard PCBs (using Void Switches)
https://github.com/riskable/void_switch_65_pct -- Kicad 6 Source files for a tutorial I'm working on, "How to design an analog keyboard". Want to see what an analog keyboard PCB looks like? Look here!
...and I have early alpha firmware written in Rust that runs on stm32f4x1 microcontrollers (like the Black Pill) here:
https://github.com/riskable/riskeyboard70 (it's not quite ready for prime time but at least serves to demonstrate the analog multiplexer logic).
So far the keyboards I've made using my Void Switches have been made so that the whole top comes off: https://gfycat.com/costlyglaringhyracotherium
This makes it super easy to clean your keyboard (which is a complaint I hear regularly about 3D printed keycaps... That they collect bacteria in the layer lines or whatever): https://gfycat.com/unconsciousvigilantkinglet
...and here's some other gifs of the keyboards/macro pads/numpads I've made demonstrating various features I've incorporated into their designs:
https://gfycat.com/silentgorgeoushydatidtapeworm (macro pad with analog hall effect rotary encoder--it's knob comes up with the rest of the top plate yet)
https://gfycat.com/scrawnyglisteningandeancat -- Numpad with PLA everything (I normally print everything in PETG so it's an example that yes, you can use PLA)
https://gfycat.com/carefulangrybirdofparadise -- Very fancy Keycap Playground keycap
https://gfycat.com/fewcomplicatedhuia -- What could be the most historically-significant keyboard accessory of the 21st century
https://gfycat.com/marriedtediousaquaticleech -- All my PCBs so far have incorporated an infrared receiver so you can turn any old remote control into a wireless macro pad (got extra GPIO pins so why not? haha)
https://gfycat.com/firsthanduniformeasteuropeanshepherd -- Simple glamour shot of my Riskeyboard 70 with all LEDs set to white.
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Glowing success: Riskeyboard 70 with Void switches and GEM keycaps
Yes, it's a bit out-of-date (haven't committed my changes) but you can have a look at it here: https://github.com/riskable/riskeyboard70/
What are some alternatives?
keyberon - A rust crate to create a pure rust keyboard firmware.
void_switch - 3D printable magnetic separation contactless key switch and stabilizers (OpenSCAD files)
kint - kinT keyboard controller (Kinesis controller replacement)
custom-topre-guide - Guidelines for designing a custom Topre keyboard
void_switch_kicad - Kicad files for making an analog hall effect keyboard using 3D printed Void Switches
void_switch_65_pct - A reference implementation of an analog hall effect keyboard (65%) that uses 3D printed Void Switches and a Black Pill (STM32F4x1CEU6) microcontroller board.
hid-io-core - HID-IO Library and Daemon
KeyV2 - KeyV2: A Parametric Mechanical Keycap Library