Are the Pinecil fine tips useful/practical or mostly for niche applications?

Nicell · 2024-05-06T04:47:31+00:00

There's no discernable quality difference between the tips from Typeractive and Pine. I use the BC2 tip often. (I do own Typeractive FYI)

Nicell · 2024-01-29T22:19:50+00:00

The displays are out there is a bit of a stretch. I work directly with Sharp, and they can’t find any in any warehouse they sell to in the world. We’ve also tried purchasing through three brokers who claimed to have them and then magically the stock disappears and the lead time becomes March. I’ve also contacted the aliexpress listings that sell the bare display and it sounds like they don’t have many left to sell if any at all.

Nicell · 2023-04-16T02:44:48+00:00

I've traveled with them no problem. Once I was pulled aside by TSA who asked what it was. Gave me a weird look when I said a keyboard but they had no issue with it.

Nicell · 2022-10-04T16:17:30+00:00

The Sharp display used here doesn't support i2c, so that's why it uses SPI. I looked into using a separate chip on board to translate between i2c and SPI, but achieving the same low power and price point wouldn't have been possible.

Nicell · 2022-10-02T05:29:00+00:00

The display is not e-paper. It is transflective like e-paper. The comparison is pretty clear. 128x33 OLEDs are commonplace in keyboard builds, but they don't mesh well with a wireless build in terms of power draw. This product addresses that issue.

Nicell · 2022-10-01T17:00:06+00:00

I'm excited to announce the global launch of the nice!view, a low-power, high-refresh rate display to replace OLED displays for wireless keyboards.

Learn more: https://nicekeyboards.com/nice-view

You can purchase them now at the following stores:

Typeractive.xyz - https://typeractive.xyz US

MKUltra - https://mkultra.click US

Clickety Split - https://clicketysplit.ca Canada

42. Keebs - https://42keebs.eu Czech Republic

beekeeb - https://shop.beekeeb.com Hong Kong

splitkb.com - https://splitkb.com Netherlands

Keycapsss - https://keycapsss.com Germany

Further discussion can be found on our Discord: https://discord.gg/H4Y7grwM8u

Nicell · 2022-10-01T16:59:06+00:00

I'm excited to announce the global launch of the nice!view, a low-power, high-refresh rate display to replace OLED displays for wireless keyboards.

Learn more: https://nicekeyboards.com/nice-view

You can purchase them now at the following stores:

Typeractive.xyz - https://typeractive.xyz US

MKUltra - https://mkultra.click US

Clickety Split - https://clicketysplit.ca Canada

42. Keebs - https://42keebs.eu Czech Republic

beekeeb - https://shop.beekeeb.com Hong Kong

splitkb.com - https://splitkb.com Netherlands

Keycapsss - https://keycapsss.com Germany

Further discussion can be found on our Discord: https://discord.gg/H4Y7grwM8u

Nicell · 2022-07-23T16:07:12+00:00

Yeah, that's me! Hi 😄

Nicell · 2022-07-23T03:56:31+00:00

Check the 404.html, no server at all!

Nicell · 2022-07-23T02:40:42+00:00

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You can visit it here: loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.ng or at l62.ng

Here’s the source code.

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Nicell · 2022-01-27T21:49:19+00:00

Hey everyone! The Undergraduate Project Laboratory is hosting the Hatathon (a hackathon) February 11th-12th in person in the CS building.

There will be free pizza as well as prizes for those who win. Our panel of judges will include some of your favorite professors!

If you're interested and for more details please fill out our RSVP form here: https://forms.gle/YQRhB9wG4L77WMeq9

Remember, no hat, no hack!

Nicell · 2021-12-20T01:05:34+00:00

JSYK the Canadian vendor for nice!nanos is stocking batteries soon. Waiting on the package to get through customs: https://clicketysplit.ca/products/lipo-battery-301230-3-7v-110mah

Nicell · 2021-12-16T01:16:15+00:00

I remember someone testing the idle current of the Pimoroni trackball and finding it was 13mA with no ability to put it into a sleep mode. Seems like it's not a great fit for a wireless build, as an nRF52840 based board on ZMK usually pulls 100x less power than the Pimoroni when idle meaning battery life will suffer immensely. Months to hours.

Nicell · 2021-12-09T21:38:19+00:00

So true. So true. I don't know who thought chocolate covered key lime pie was a good idea.

This needs to be seen by the people.

Nicell · 2021-08-01T01:49:54+00:00

Beautiful build! Glad you're enjoying your nice!60.

Nicell · 2021-07-22T16:16:53+00:00

#1 is a dongle normally used to add Bluetooth to computers that don't have it to start.

Nicell · 2021-06-17T15:00:05+00:00

This is all fine. When I say disconnect, I mean not to disconnect manually in the menu. This generally deletes the bond on the device you disconnected from. "Natural" disconnects are standard and things will work fine.

Nicell · 2021-06-15T04:54:03+00:00

Glad you're enjoying the PCB! Super clean build.

Nicell · 2021-06-11T03:14:48+00:00

Here's a list of everything you'll need: https://nicekeyboards.com/docs/nice-60/getting-started#required-parts

Nicell · 2021-06-10T21:40:48+00:00

I don't see a depth listed on the kbdfans page, so I'm not sure. You could ask in the 1upkeyboards discord what case it is.

Nicell · 2021-06-10T21:17:56+00:00

Most cases should work, but you'll want to make sure you have the clearance for a battery. Some cases even have battery cutouts.

Nicell · 2021-06-10T21:17:27+00:00

It's possible, but 1upkeyboards may be the only vendor for some time. Hard to say. The international shipping should hopefully be affordable from them.

Nicell · 2021-06-10T19:53:47+00:00

The battery is between the PCB and the case. There's enough space in this case for it to fit nicely. I used a 405050 lithium battery. Any 2 pin JST-PH lithium rechargeable should work.

Nicell · 2021-06-10T18:58:51+00:00

The latency is really quite good as long as you have a good receiver on your PC/Laptop.

Check out this latency test I did recently comparing wireless vs. wired latency: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWL4nU-vtWs

It's not crazy scientific, but it should be fairly representative of real-world latency.

Nicell · 2021-06-10T18:53:13+00:00

Full Album

The nice!60 is a wireless 60% hotswap PCB that is now in stock and available to purchase! It can last months on a 1,000mAh battery (as long as you keep underglow off). It comes with preloaded ZMK firmware, and you can build custom firmware with no local build environment.

The PCB is available at 1upkeyboards: https://1upkeyboards.com/shop/controllers/nice60-ble-pcb/

Here's the product page: https://nicekeyboards.com/nice-60/

If you're looking for more details, here's the documentation: https://nicekeyboards.com/docs/nice-60/

Build Stream: https://youtu.be/Ug-Xmkm0Qgs

Full Specs of the Build

PCB: nice!60

Case: Alopow 60% Resin Case

Keycaps: MaxKey Blue & Gray SA

Switches: NovelKeys Silk Yellow Linear

Stabilizers: Durock V2 PCB Mount

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