crkbd VS pierce

I am trying to make a driver board for a trackpoint module. I have been following the instructions in the GitHub repository (https://github.com/manna-harbour/crkbd/tree/master/trackpoint) and found some helpful pictures (https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipN-g61hYbBhwOErVaDARWP4fk5UqttkEkYN1Qzg_oO31v05qlJ-Y73XoyO_E6Bccw?key=RU5qcXplN3dXV1BnME42QnlFS0RwRlVaODQ1Z3hB) and blog post (https://rfong.github.io/rflog/2021/10/26/r61-trackpoint-pt2/) as well.

https://github.com/manna-harbour/crkbd/tree/master/trackpoint,

Ever since the illustrious /u/manna_harbour started sharing corne builds with integrated trackpoints, I'd been on the lookout for a way to get an integrated pointing device, but with my limited (or non-existent) hardware skills, it always seemed out of reach. Enter /u/sadekbaroudi and his faux fox keyboard (ffkb). For the first time, I found a kit which looked like it could bring integrated pointing to the masses with the cirque touchpad, and my resolve was finally broken. I caved and made my first purchase in two years. The fingerpunch discord community has proven to be an awesome and helpful place, as they've provided endless support with tweaking the cirque and debugging any firmware issues that have arisen (which have honestly been pretty limited for me).

You could do it like this: crkbd hotswap trackpoint. ThinkPad keyboard modules can be found on AliExpress for around USD10, but if you have to find the right model if you want to disassemble the trackpoint module to fit completely in that space.

Excellent, glad it helped! If you do want to add a trackpoint to complete the ThinkPad look, you can do it like this. For lowpro you can rearrange the components a bit to reduce the height.

I only succeeded thanks to /u/manna_harbour and his [guide](https://github.com/manna-harbour/crkbd/blob/master/trackpoint/readme.org) for corne.

A few links: https://github.com/manna-harbour/crkbd/blob/master/trackpoint/readme.org https://community.keyboard.io/t/trackpoint-mod-ii-a-new-guide/3663 https://beta.docs.qmk.fm/using-qmk/hardware-features/feature_ps2_mouse

Pierce 2.0 by durken

Pierce

I think one dongle would cost around 15usd if you order everything from aliexpress. The pcbs are really cheap to print but there is also shipping. So the price is assuming that you order them at the same time as your keyboard pcbs. https://github.com/durken1/pierce/tree/develop here's a bill of materials. You need 1 pierce reciever pcb, 1 pro micro, 1 wireless module, 2 4.7k smd resistors, 1 3.3V regulator and a momentary switch for each dongle. Everything except the pro micro and the wireless module sells in packs. So it really is those that will be the bulk of the cost when making several.

Sure. I have the pcb on github: https://github.com/durken1/pierce