Post AYpz2cqmFflp31CWWm by avery@social.avery.cafe
(DIR) More posts by avery@social.avery.cafe
(DIR) Post #AYpz2HMa8k8gPHuc2y by avery@social.avery.cafe
2023-08-09T17:26:18Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
yay sp star magic girl switches arrived! they feel great compared to my gateron brown switches.I have everything I need to assemble the keyboard now (aside from displays but I don't *need* those, and I can steal keycaps from another keyboard for now)#keyboards
(DIR) Post #AYpz2a8kKPMSdsaKcS by avery@social.avery.cafe
2023-08-09T19:54:59Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
instead of the usual pro micros I got these cute rp2040 boards from adafruitthey should be compatible, hopefully I won't run into too much trouble#keyboards
(DIR) Post #AYpz2bLtozTcOxkLlA by avery@social.avery.cafe
2023-08-09T21:03:49Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
i will now spend the next 10 years lubing these switches
(DIR) Post #AYpz2cqmFflp31CWWm by avery@social.avery.cafe
2023-08-10T16:34:52Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
The board is pretty much ready to go, but I ran into an issue - the encoders are about 1 mm too thick to fit through the top plate :blobcatcry: not a big deal, a bit of filing should fix that. I bought the encoder linked from the build guide, maybe I should open an issue about it
(DIR) Post #AYpz2du0L9wiJJicCG by avery@social.avery.cafe
2023-08-10T16:36:13Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
in other news, I ended up using KMK instead of QMK. I'm not thrilled about using Python in this context, but I had some issues with QMK. It seems like the experience with KMK is a bit better than QMK for RP2040 boards ATM
(DIR) Post #AYpz2eyIMgyLcujYWW by avery@social.avery.cafe
2023-08-10T18:19:51Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
time to play the "don't breathe fibreglass" challenge and file down the top plate pcb
(DIR) Post #AYpz2n629nuqpEPqhE by avery@social.avery.cafe
2023-08-10T19:22:44Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
filing the encoder cutouts was pretty easy, only took a minute or two of filing the inner edge for it to fit properlyidk anything but if you decide to do this I'll repeat the warning I read: it's best to do this outside wearing safety goggles and a respirator
(DIR) Post #AYpz2qbh6Y1XiIFfxg by avery@social.avery.cafe
2023-08-10T19:56:31Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
build completed! I might 3d print a case at some pointnow I need to go steal some keycaps from an old keyboard#SofleKeyboard #keyboards
(DIR) Post #AYpz2s6DYY2ALFXZB2 by avery@social.avery.cafe
2023-08-10T21:49:44Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
I'm down to 50 wpm and I don't know any of the layers, but I can already feel that the ergonomics are much friendlier to my wrists
(DIR) Post #AYpz2tiXXYHZMOTgY4 by avery@social.avery.cafe
2023-08-17T22:50:35Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
after a few days I've gotten more used to the layout. normal typing is no problem, but I'm still quite slow at coding, there's lots of key combos I need to get used to for different symbols and vim shortcutsit's painful but I know the fastest way to get used to the layout is to keep using it
(DIR) Post #AYpz2v5cREKzcGHdA0 by avery@social.avery.cafe
2023-08-17T23:01:48Z
1 likes, 0 repeats
also got some purple keycaps