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KarlK90 / yaemk-split-kb

5x8 Split keyboard with thumb-clusters, rotary encoders and oleds.
https://karlk90.github.io/yaemk-split-kb/
GNU General Public License v3.0
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Wireless? #1

Open zvolin opened 3 years ago

zvolin commented 3 years ago

Hi, When I saw this layout, I've instantly felt it's my endgame :o however I also would like to go wireless with things like nice!nano. Is it possible that you'd make this possible? :)

KarlK90 commented 3 years ago

Thanks for the kind words! Sorry for the late response, I didnt see your issue earlier.

As the board uses an mcu directly soldered to the PCB this would need a complete redesign to fit the nrf52840 plus charging circuits, an antenna and a battery.

This is doable but the current layout and schematic is tightly coupled to the gd32vf103 or stm32f303 mcus. For a proper wireless build the rgb LEDs and OLEDs don't make much sense as they consume a lot of power. That is why a wireless version would use a very different design, which I just don't have the time for sorry.

The easiest way would be to fork this repo and replace the on-board mcu with a nicenano footprint or go all the way and do an on-board nrf52840.

Cringely commented 1 year ago

Subscribing should @KarlK90's wants/needs ever motivate them to do such a redesign. Or any friendly stranger with the skillset to fork and do so.

Thanks :)