{"id":401,"date":"2016-08-27T09:39:56","date_gmt":"2016-08-26T23:09:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/parablog-wordpress.dockerbox.rei.moe\/?p=401"},"modified":"2016-08-27T09:39:56","modified_gmt":"2016-08-26T23:09:56","slug":"making-a-cheap-keyboard-from-china-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lewys.eu\/?p=401","title":{"rendered":"Making a cheap keyboard from China better"},"content":{"rendered":"

I picked up this keyboard for about $30, + $10 or so for shipping. This is pretty cheap for a mechanical board. 
\nAfter feeling the switches for a bit I can see why. <\/p>\n

They’re inconsistent, some of them just don’t register sometimes, and the only option i had was tactile clicky blue. <\/p>\n

Luckily they’re imitating cherry mx switches, so I can replace them!
\nThis begins the adventure of desoldering 87leds and switches!
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After about 45 minutes of desoldering and emptying the solder pump, I had managed to replace 13 switches!
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Also worth noting, the controller is discrete from the PCB, and has the rows and columns labeled!<\/p>\n

It could easily be removed and replaced for a full custom firmware board!<\/p>\n

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I plan to do the top row next and work my way down the board from there. <\/p>\n

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I’ll update this post or make a new one when I’ve made more progress!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I picked up this keyboard for about $30, + $10 or so for shipping. This is pretty cheap for a mechanical board.  After feeling the switches for a bit I can see why.  They’re inconsistent, some of them just don’t register sometimes, and the only option i had was tactile clicky blue.  Luckily they’re imitating … Continue reading Making a cheap keyboard from China better<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lewys.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lewys.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lewys.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lewys.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lewys.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=401"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lewys.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":402,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lewys.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401\/revisions\/402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lewys.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lewys.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lewys.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}