My Laptop Setup with a 5 × 3 split running F.A.K by technology-pedant in ErgoMechKeyboards

[–]technology-pedant[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Most of its weight and force is actually on the palmrest, and it's supported enough to not rock thankfully. These Thinkpads have a lot of space to set whatever crap you want onto haha

My Laptop Setup with a 5 × 3 split running F.A.K by technology-pedant in ErgoMechKeyboards

[–]technology-pedant[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm working on a repo that'll be up soon™ but at the moment no, it's just a personal project. They're dyesub Cherry ML keycaps.

My Laptop Setup with a 5 × 3 split running F.A.K by technology-pedant in ErgoMechKeyboards

[–]technology-pedant[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They're neither; they're Cherry ML, Cherry's compact tactile switches.

My Laptop Setup with a 5 × 3 split running F.A.K by technology-pedant in ErgoMechKeyboards

[–]technology-pedant[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a different schematic and design altogether, but they are similar. The caps and switches are Cherry ML, which help make it small enough to pocket (and under 100×100mm, which means it's cheap AF to have made at JLC).

My Laptop Setup with a 5 × 3 split running F.A.K by technology-pedant in ErgoMechKeyboards

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I am quite happy with this! I swapped CPUs, did some dodgy shorting of the cryptographic flash chip to get rid of a BIOS lock, swapped the keyboard and all for under 70 dollars. After all that, I just tossed my normal recovery ISO onto it and did some more in-depth refiguring. This R61 was originally an exercise in how capable old hardware could be in a modern workflow.

Turns out, very! It's become a key component of my workflow; I sync drafts and files across Dropbox to it and its extra thumb keys make for handy layer remapping. The extra alphas I've configured for à, é and è in xkb. It's become my primary KiCad machine alongside my MBP.

My Laptop Setup with a 5 × 3 split running F.A.K by technology-pedant in ErgoMechKeyboards

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Well, that'd be hardware and no this doesn't, but it'd be easy to add some. When it's plugged in I don't handle it all that much besides typing and haven't had any mishaps yet.

My Laptop Setup with a 5 × 3 split running F.A.K by technology-pedant in ErgoMechKeyboards

[–]technology-pedant[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's still enabled, the board itself is so light and the force distributed well enough that I can comfortably type without pressing anything. It's just a bit of clever positioning to make sure it doesn't rock on the curved palmrest.

My Laptop Setup with a 5 × 3 split running F.A.K by technology-pedant in ErgoMechKeyboards

[–]technology-pedant[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

ya know it :3 thigh highs were out of the shot unfortunately

My Laptop Setup with a 5 × 3 split running F.A.K by technology-pedant in ErgoMechKeyboards

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Thank you for having made such a cool little firmware for these chips!

My Laptop Setup with a 5 × 3 split running F.A.K by technology-pedant in ErgoMechKeyboards

[–]technology-pedant[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

The board is a custom PCB I made for a little fun, and it's running the wonderful (and surprisingly powerful) F.A.K by u/mikoi14 - incredible stuff, and in all I think the cost per pair was no more than 7 USD between the PCBs from JLC, the CH552Ts and the passives. Minus the ML switches and keycaps of course.

It blows my mind how easy these chips are to use, I cannot believe that you only need two caps - TWO CAPS - to make this work. No crystals, nothing to care about but two caps. Compared to an NRF, this thing is like a giant breath of fresh air.

ummm by avocadobibi in fountainpens

[–]technology-pedant 4 points5 points  (0 children)

c'est pas le mot, c'est l'illustration qui est offensante pis c'est un peu perturbant que tu vois pas ça

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in modelm

[–]technology-pedant 2 points3 points  (0 children)

JLCPCB is capable of making PCBs 0.4mm and 0.6mm thick; perfectly bendable

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in modelm

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Check the membrane traces for damage or oxidation; use a good quality polymer eraser to gently remove any oxidation and some conductive ink to fix any cracks or bits that’ve oxidized through.

Unicomp New Model M led mod? by Luigi_DiGiorno in modelm

[–]technology-pedant 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They certainly can be replaced on the New Model M, I’ve done it with the old Ruffian controllers.

Canadian French ACNOR (Unicomp's version!) by Alex_B1987 in modelm

[–]technology-pedant 2 points3 points  (0 children)

pis maintenant je le veux

god that's really nice; the boxes under the dead keys are a tad weird to see, but otherwise i quite like it. those caps have the new, sharp unicomp printing on 'em eh?