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• Why doesn't Apple make a standalone Touch ID?

  I was wondering if it'd be possible to go further, and actually use it as a fully fledged keyboard, but with your choice of switches and mechanical layout... And turns out that somebody has been doing that already! Basically reverse-engineering the matrix and hooking up your own switches to the logic board. You get TouchID, pretty good BT performance and integration in the Apple ecosystem, good battery life, ...... - Source: Hacker News / 5 months ago

• Ars Technica guide to mechanical keyboards

  There is a guy who is modding his Magic Keyboard 2 with Touch ID into a mechanical keyboard, with preserved touch ID functionality: . - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• Not an iPad Pro Review: Why iPadOS Still Doesn't Get the Basics Right

  I definitely think you should be able to add keyboard layouts at a software level on iPadOS and iOS, but one possible solution to the problem right now is using a programmable keyboard using QMK [1], ZMK [2], or some other open-source firmware. There's even a usb-usb converter [3] that will convert keystrokes from any keyboard into ones that you map using TMK or QMK, so you can use your own. [1]... - Source: Hacker News / about 2 years ago

• Add coffee stains to LaTeX documents

  Agreed, I was expecting something a bit more like this: https://geekhack.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=102580.0;attach=247007;image. - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago

• Mondrian – KDE Plasma desktop inspired by Piet Mondrian's paintings

  I appreciate the Mondrian aesthetic. Has anyone noticed that the High Contrast theme for Google Chrome uses the same colors? GMK Mondrian is my most-used keycaps set for my custom keyboards: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=86616.0. - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago

• Keyd: Linux Key Remapper

  You could also make/get a converter that turns pretty much any USB keyboard into a QMK keyboard: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=69169.0 https://yaowei.dev/posts/usb-to-usb-converter/. - Source: Hacker News / almost 3 years ago

• A picture my dad sent me so I don't forget what ports are which.

  There are some elite PS/2-based keyboards for keyboard enthusiasts. Source: about 3 years ago

• What are we paying $150+ for when this happens less than a month

  If you also want to see some of the hobby and what new stuff is coming out check out geekhack. Source: over 3 years ago

• WHAT IS SA PROFILE KEYCAPS?

  Before asking this question, you need to seriously consider whether the SA profile keycaps is really the right one for you, which may require collecting a lot of information to confirm. A high-quality SET of SA profile keycaps is not easy to obtain, as this is a niche hobby relative to the general public.Geekhack is a place for keyboard lovers to learn about keyboard expertise, keyboard designers, and cutting-edge... Source: about 4 years ago

• Down the mechanical keyboard rabbit hole

  Came across this while combing through my comments and thought I'd already answered, so pardon the delay. People have certainly tried [1][2], but the big issue in the design is that the switches don't operate as a standard on/off (trivial to detect), but are instead capacitive, in that the current passing through the electrocapacitive pad on the PCB is somewhere between 1 and 0 (exclusive bounds, iirc, and... - Source: Hacker News / about 4 years ago

• Show HN: Threeboard – a full-size mechanical USB keyboard with only three keys

  You don't need a PCB. The Ergodox uses two ICs. One is the microcontroller; it is a mini computer that reads the state of the keys (which ones are pressed right now) and emits the relevant USB messages so your computer interprets those as keystrokes. The other is an i2c i/o expander that reads the keys for the other hand exactly like the microcontroller does. (The microcontroller periodically asks it to scan... - Source: Hacker News / over 4 years ago

• Freebird60

  Here are the opinions on it: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=112494.0. Source: over 4 years ago

• Why Are Topre Keyboards So Expensive?

  The majority were rubber dome, and all the Sun keyboards I own are, but they made some mechanical type 5’s. They pop up on eBay once in a while. I am not sure their deal. https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=78888.0. - Source: Hacker News / over 4 years ago

• Use Two Keyboards at Once for Pain Relief

  The Advantage 2 can be modified to be a split keyboard. Take a look inside, it's pretty simple. [0] Just need some longer cables and add extra supports to the case right? It appears at least one person has accomplished this. [1] [0]: http://www.abarry.org/likelytobeforgotten/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/2013-02-08-13.04.24.jpg [1]: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=16112.0. - Source: Hacker News / over 4 years ago

• Sound test for the keyboard I designed the Orthocode. orthocodekb.com GB in comments

  Group buy at orthocodekb.com Or check it out on geekhack at https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=114159. Source: almost 5 years ago

• Typography in Alien (2014)

  This article inspired a keycap set for mechanical keyboards, G20 Semiotic, back in 2016: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=85525.0 It's one of my favorite sets. Unfortunately, it isn't available to purchase anymore. Signature Plastics said it would be coming back, but that was before the pandemic, and nothing's been said about it since. - Source: Hacker News / almost 5 years ago

• Squeezebox Keyboard

  I am not familiar with QMK but I have converted mine to use a Teensy++ and wrote a simple firmware for that. The nice thing about the Teensy++ is that it fits into the socket of the original 8051 (clone), you only have to crosswire or remove a couple of pins. This post inspired me to modify my own in a very similar fashion: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=12212.0 Teensy++:... - Source: Hacker News / almost 5 years ago

• Beginner’s Guide to Mechanical Keyboards

  I do design keycaps (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=107933.0) and keyboards (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=108970.0) but they're seperate things! If you liked the OP-1, then you might like these caps! https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=110702.0 I know exactly what you mean when you describe that shape. I love that shape too! There are other sculpted profiles that sort of fit the bill in a way... - Source: Hacker News / about 5 years ago