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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
void_switch
- Svalboard Alpha #4 -- headed to Chicago today!
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Flux Keyboard
As far as I know the "other times this has been tried" all have had individual displays (and controllers) in each key. The difference being that here there is just one panel under the whole board with most of the parts above the display being transparent. This approach should be far less complicated to build, more robust and cheaper.
Honestly, I don't think I need an LCD in my keyboard but I'd quite like to have a go on some mAgLeV hall effect switches! On that note, if you like magnets and/or keebs you might be interested in Void switches[0] -- 3D printable hall effect switches
[0] https://github.com/riskable/void_switch
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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
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The pool of talented C++ developers is running dry
Haha... So I can use my awesome contactless magnetic separation+levitation 3D printable Void Switch design of course:
https://github.com/riskable/void_switch
...and so I can do this:
https://gfycat.com/costlyglaringhyracotherium
..and this:
https://gfycat.com/unconsciousvigilantkinglet
You can clean it in the sink with soap and water because there's no electrical contacts or components in the switches.
... But that's really just scratching the surface of what it can do.
- I'd like to create a 3d printed switch, mainly to see what UV resin sounds and feels like. I've searched high and low for files of such a thing, but no joy. Can anyone help?
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Has anyone tried making a tiny, ergonomic piano "keyboard"?
Answering myself: the void switches by riskable can be used as analogic switches. It's an open source project: https://github.com/riskable/void_switch
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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.
- Some things I’m working on and didn’t have an appropriate place to post for! (Not quite there yet) Floating joystick
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Physical buttons clearly outperform touchscreens in new cars, test finds
> "Instead of developing, manufacturing and keeping physical buttons in stock for years to come, car manufacturers are keen on integrating more functions into a digital screen which can be updated over time."
That's lame. 3D printing buttons is a very quick and simple solution to that problem. They can even use my lasts-forever, contactless analog hall effect Void Switch design: https://github.com/riskable/void_switch
Keeping buttons--something that's so quick and easy to 3D print--in stock seems like a huge waste of storage space.
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Analogue pushbuttons?
Maybe these?
What are some alternatives?
keyberon - A rust crate to create a pure rust keyboard firmware.
zmk - ZMK Firmware Repository
riskeyboard70 - Riskeyboard 70 analog hall effect keyboard firmware
lagrange-keyboard - A configurable, handwired, ergonomic keyboard
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
ErgoDash - keyboard
hid-io-core - HID-IO Library and Daemon
KeyV2 - KeyV2: A Parametric Mechanical Keycap Library
keymap