Mechanical and custom keyboards

Mechanical and custom keyboards What was “old” is new again, Mechanical keyboards! A mechanical keyboard is one that has a discrete mechanical switch under each and every key. There are a number of sites out there that can go into the specific details about exactly how these function, as well as all the differences between the switches. This article is not going into much detail about the switches themselves but rather everything else....

2018-11-13 · 7 min · 1339 words · Mike Fettis

QMK deepdive with 1up sweeet16

QMK deepdive using a sweeet16 16 keys!? What can be done with 16 keys for a keyboard? Using an amazing open source firmware and a kit by 1upkeyboards, much can be done with only 16 keys. QMK is a powerhouse of a firmware that allows an endless combination of regular keys, functions and extended macros. These features are relatively easy to construct and the firmware itself can be very easy to build and flash....

2018-11-13 · 8 min · 1515 words · Mike Fettis

qmk-animations

#QMK animation Having a keyboard with an oled screen means that you can add things to it. This cute little bongo cat animations or other things. This lets you create all sorts of animations https://githubmemory.com/repo/AskMeAboutBirds/qmk-oled-animation-compressor

1 min · 35 words · Mike Fettis