SkyPie - Hand wired TKL - Sound Test (comparison with Apple Magic Keyboard)
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- čas přidán 25. 08. 2024
- Here is the completely homemade and hand wired SkyPie, my first mechanical keyboard!
It is a TKL with a rotary encoder for volume (press would mute), and a small OLED display that shows off the keyboard name with a random catch phrase below, and some helpful information like the mode in which the Keyboard is running (Mac/Windows) and CAPS lock status. Each of the 87 PBT keycaps has a Gateron Pro Yellow underneath (next version of Milky Yellows and factory lubed).
What we have here is a sandwich design with just 2 layers of plain 4mm acrylic plastic - the switch layer and the bottom layer.
This keyboard is powered by the KMK Firmware, which runs on top of CircuitPython on my Raspberry Pi Pico. CircuitPython and KMK makes it really easy to program; The RPI Pico appears as a USB storage device on the computer and we just have to edit a couple of Python files inside. In SkyPie, I have programmed this as a separate mode (service mode) that the user can invoke by pressing the rotary encoder when plugging in. If the keyboard is connected normally, it appears just as a normal HID to the computer. Though the Pi has more pins compared to the more common Pro Mini, I had to do some hacks on the pin side to accommodate all the stuff in SkyPie.
I have programmed the keycodes for both Windows and Mac. I can change the keyboard mode by pressing either the Windows button (for windows) or the command button (for Mac) when plugging in the keyboard; This sets the mode permanently until the we change it again. For now I haven’t programmed in any complicated Macros or anything; We just have some media buttons... Suggestions welcome here!
It was hard work with the soldering iron and it is well worth it; Mechanical Keyboards are awesome!
P.S. There is probably a long list of mods to do when it comes to the sound of the keyboard, starting with probably having rubber pads at the bottom, or a desk pad underneath the keyboard.
P.S.S. I am not sure why the recording has come up quite sharp on the ears, but in actuality the sound is a little soft and "thockky".
-Typed on the SkyPie
Looks so beautiful .. great job.
Thank you
Romba super Hari.Great job you have done
Thank you