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An affordable split 36 keys keyboard
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Guide for installing Xiao BLE and the on/off switch on cheapinov2 #102

Open relmoo1220 opened 7 hours ago

relmoo1220 commented 7 hours ago

Hi Thomas,

Thank you so much for the CheapinoV2. I’ve been really enjoying typing on it!

I’ve read through some of the discussions about the wireless version and understand that it’s not fully ready yet. When it becomes available, could you please create a guide detailing which specific Xiao BLE to purchase, how to swap it out, and where to install the on/off switch on the left/right side of the PCB? I’m looking forward to building a set of wireless CheapinoV2.

Thanks again for all your hard work and support!

tompi commented 4 hours ago

Hey, as of now, it works fine, but it doesnt go into deep sleep, so battery does not last many days if you dont turn it off... Im not sure im able to solve this without changes to the pcb...(a rev 3...)

If you want to try this, it really isnt very complicated, you can just mount the xiao at the "bottom", and flip it on the right side.

ZMK support is here: https://github.com/tompi/cheapinov2-zmk-config

But like I said, this isnt very polished... (btw, I also feel like zmk is somewhat lacking... Eg the new feature zmk studio is nowhere near vial...)

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