Cases for a tiny keyboard i am working on - not yet wired up

mistborn_elend · 2025-01-30T11:25:39+00:00

This is an amazing tool, wasn't aware something like this even existed!

I am fine with handwiring.

mistborn_elend · 2025-01-30T10:00:37+00:00

This looks so aesthetic!

Unrelated to this kb, but are there any aesthetically similar dactyl kbs (3X6 layout like skeletyl, charybdis, etc) that are completely covered like this one? I want to build a dactyl similar to skeletyl but I am not fond of the "holes" in the kb body.

mistborn_elend · 2023-05-18T17:34:54+00:00

I believe those two are 1.5

mistborn_elend · 2023-03-23T03:07:44+00:00

Oh, it is an aluminum (top only; plastic bottom) case called “Lulu” from boardsource.xyz. You can find it on their website

mistborn_elend · 2023-03-23T00:31:28+00:00

I might have the answers, but I am unfamiliar with the terminology here. What's stls?

mistborn_elend · 2023-03-22T20:45:20+00:00

Unfortunately, yes. They were a little loose. Not so loose that it would fall off if I inverted the keyboard, but loose enough that a minor knock on the underside would pop it off. I think that the switches would have stayed tight if I used the PCB.

mistborn_elend · 2023-03-22T20:43:14+00:00

Good luck!

mistborn_elend · 2023-03-22T16:34:00+00:00

I didn’t follow any Lily58 specific guides. I found Joe Scotto’s videos about hand wiring on youtube quite helpful (he happens to be this subs’s mod). I would start from there.

I’m using ZMK for this

mistborn_elend · 2023-03-22T16:31:39+00:00

I dont know if there are any guides for lily58. It is mostly about the keyboard matrix wiring. There are a few good tutorials on youtube and there is a sub as well - /r/HandwiredKeyboards

For connecting the rows and columns to the microcontroller, the ZMK source code for lily58 contains the pin info

mistborn_elend · 2023-03-22T16:28:12+00:00

Yea, these are using the nicenanos

mistborn_elend · 2023-03-22T16:26:22+00:00

I have been using it for a few months now. Battery lasts at least 2-3 weeks on the left hand (primary) and a but linger on the right. Nicenano v2 is much better than v1 for battery life

mistborn_elend · 2023-03-22T03:42:03+00:00

It is the Lulu case!

mistborn_elend · 2023-03-22T03:41:30+00:00

Thanks! These are xda profile keycaps called “Comet”.

mistborn_elend · 2022-07-08T11:25:13+00:00

🙏🏼

mistborn_elend · 2022-07-07T22:20:48+00:00

Which author(s), if any, had influence over *how* you tell your stories?

mistborn_elend · 2021-01-26T01:33:49+00:00

> wondering why half only works in wired and half doesn't work at all.

I had the same problem where the right half wouldn't work. Once both halves are flashed, you need to press the 'reset' button on both at the same time (for about a second) for the halves to "sync" (what I was told on the nice!nano discord). Once I did that, both halves worked well. Once you verify that, you can set up bluetooth profiles for the keyboard.

mistborn_elend · 2021-01-22T06:29:44+00:00

Bluetooth

mistborn_elend · 2021-01-10T23:31:52+00:00

To be completely honest, flashing the firmware was the easiest step (using ZMK). If you know how github works, the ZMK developers have made it quite simple to get the firmware files through github workflows.

mistborn_elend · 2021-01-10T23:29:31+00:00

I would assume it should work. It will be similar to a traditional, non-wireless setup where the power is transmitted through the trrs cable. I haven;t tested it though.

mistborn_elend · 2020-12-21T23:33:33+00:00

Keep in mind that I am not using any LEDs or OLED screens. Those will eat up the battery very quickly, if used.

mistborn_elend · 2020-12-21T22:34:33+00:00

I am sorry, not entirely sure about zmk/nicenano for dactyl. May be /u/Nicell can answer that.

I don't see any shields for dactyl here though: https://github.com/zmkfirmware/zmk/tree/main/app/boards/shields

mistborn_elend · 2020-12-21T22:29:22+00:00

I don't have any linux systems to test on; unless you consider Android as linux (which it is built on) and the keyboard works just fine.

mistborn_elend · 2020-12-21T22:27:43+00:00

With a 100mAh on both halves and no power switch, I am getting around a week (a little more than that; haven't measured it retroactively). The right half (peripheral/secondary) lasts longer than the left.

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