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SDodding / tana58

Handwired 58 key wireless split keyboard powered by ZMK
MIT License
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Can I make a wired version of this? #1

Open impopular-guy opened 8 months ago

impopular-guy commented 8 months ago

Hi I would love to make a wired version of this, but I am very new to this. I would like to know:

  1. if the case is compatible with other microcontrollers?
  2. if will it be possible to make holes and other support for TRRS and all that?
SDodding commented 8 months ago

Hey there!

  1. The case has a slightly odd way of mounting the controller vertically and relies on you cutting and drilling a PCB grid board to solder the controller socket to (see attached). There is plenty of space inside for anything from something with a pro-micro footprint to a raspberry pi if you wanted - though different controller shapes may require moving the USB cutout.

The short answer though is that anything with a pro micro footprint will fit and line up with the USB hole with no additional work assuming you use Mill Max low profile sockets like the ones from the readme.

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  1. The Freecad source files are included here, so potentially you could modify the side ports yourself (replace the power switch location with a TRRS slot perhaps?) - that's the only thing stopping it from being used wired. Firmware wise it'll work with a slightly modified Lily58 QMK/KMK firmware.

I am planning on pushing a bunch of updates to this design soon now that I've been using it for a few months - I'll look at including a version of the top/bottom plates that accommodates a TRRS port, and perhaps a simpler controller mounting system.

This one might be a confusing initial build to start with though as it's missing a proper build log. This build guide really helped me with my first keyboard (also using KMK) that ultimately led to me designing this one as a wireless board.