Post ArEuvzFnrRHcMf91Yu by clede@podcastindex.social
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(DIR) Post #ArDjqHJIWOzvyRtW9Q by foone@digipres.club
2025-02-17T20:28:31Z
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I wonder how bad an idea it is to mount a raspi pico at a 90-degree angle to a PCB
(DIR) Post #ArDk1XOP4Hoz2PeS12 by foone@digipres.club
2025-02-17T20:30:36Z
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I'm trying to design a keyboard that needs to fit into a small area (550mm by 15mm) and I realized I can technically get a little more room by making it have two right-angle PCBs. I could do that by designing two PCBs... or I could just have a pico mounted at 90 degrees!
(DIR) Post #ArDkHa8WdNKeBIsJuK by foone@digipres.club
2025-02-17T20:33:22Z
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@cinebox I'm not sure I'm gonna have room for that, amusingly enough.
(DIR) Post #ArDkR10G77Jg74VTk0 by Fratm@mastodon.social
2025-02-17T20:35:09Z
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@foone Why would it even be an issue? electrons don't care which direction they are facing.
(DIR) Post #ArDkXHC2pfHq3z0Mym by foone@digipres.club
2025-02-17T20:36:15Z
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@Fratm I mean sticking out of the board, like I only solder one side down and the other side is facing away from the board.I know that'd work electrically, but mechanically it's a tad questionable
(DIR) Post #ArDkcfXBlCen0HSyJ6 by Fratm@mastodon.social
2025-02-17T20:37:16Z
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@foone Yeah, I creates a failure point for sure.
(DIR) Post #ArDkvx6GfvlUz84MOO by CarlosGS@mastodon.social
2025-02-17T20:40:48Z
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@foone "I wonder how bad an idea it is to... raspi"
(DIR) Post #ArDlZIQTJu8aQ5HR0C by Extelec@mstdn.social
2025-02-17T20:47:45Z
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@foone Itll be fine :)
(DIR) Post #ArDn3byjHx2xhcK6S0 by foone@digipres.club
2025-02-17T21:04:24Z
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Something not entirely unlike this.
(DIR) Post #ArDnJGwrFJV76zuoqG by gkrnours@mastodon.gamedev.place
2025-02-17T21:07:17Z
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@foone sword
(DIR) Post #ArDnVuS8CAlH6jZLnM by foone@digipres.club
2025-02-17T21:09:36Z
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@cinebox Nope. Back is used to attach it to a surface, so it's gotta be flat.
(DIR) Post #ArDo33cp75ML6zNPGa by foone@digipres.club
2025-02-17T21:15:31Z
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@StellaFoxxie it's already half a meter long!
(DIR) Post #ArDoCYKQKRcAwUIWrQ by spinach@girlcock.club
2025-02-17T21:17:16Z
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@foone there's a kingdom hearts reference to be made here i think
(DIR) Post #ArDoP0OLodStSE4ZA8 by foone@digipres.club
2025-02-17T21:19:39Z
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@StellaFoxxie I'm trying but so far I've just locked up kicad as it tries to handle even placing the footprints of my 2m keyboard
(DIR) Post #ArDoZxj44GU4N5zCDY by foone@digipres.club
2025-02-17T21:21:37Z
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I just realized this PCB is actually bigger than my chosen PCB fab can make.I mean, unless I have them make it diagonally, but I imagine that'd be a tad expensive
(DIR) Post #ArDoiVS2YrmbHm65GS by foone@digipres.club
2025-02-17T21:23:10Z
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I locked up kicad for 5 minutes by accidentally trying to insert 8000 keys
(DIR) Post #ArDoqjq6wy4QE7HVaa by simonzerafa@infosec.exchange
2025-02-17T21:24:28Z
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@foone Unicode / Emoji Keyboard? 🙂🤷‍♂️
(DIR) Post #ArDpVS5HrtvV25nGfA by foone@digipres.club
2025-02-17T21:31:48Z
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@StellaFoxxie suggested I make it EVEN BIGGER and I got up to 254 keys and 1.9m meters before kicad started to completely shit itself
(DIR) Post #ArDpaI4GXLMdPncgim by rotopenguin@mastodon.social
2025-02-17T21:32:55Z
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@foone eventually you get to the point where "how the fuck do we ship this to you" takes over.
(DIR) Post #ArDpdj50YzWE3mbmwy by foone@digipres.club
2025-02-17T21:33:03Z
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@simonzerafa NOnot only do I not want to do something Tom Scott already did, but keyboards don't do unicode.
(DIR) Post #ArDpmrBzlnPnpMEMQC by skaverat@skaverat.net
2025-02-17T21:35:05Z
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@foone @StellaFoxxie "New Github Issue: Not possible to make proper keyboard PCBs with Kicad"
(DIR) Post #ArDpqdEDd8ETg14RNI by Argonel@dice.camp
2025-02-17T21:35:16Z
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@foone as a Metallurgical Engineer it looks fine to me. I.e. as someone with no applicable technical knowledge i have no legitimate frame of reference to complain.
(DIR) Post #ArDq14uRZFRcQKnnW4 by foone@digipres.club
2025-02-17T21:37:46Z
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Here it is with an iso-standard height reference, a 5'12" foone
(DIR) Post #ArDq55lWKJG4ElXgg4 by micron@mastodon.social
2025-02-17T21:37:43Z
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@foone LED strip style flex PCB would be nice for that.
(DIR) Post #ArDrll0nSo80HFb0t6 by simonzerafa@infosec.exchange
2025-02-17T21:47:16Z
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@foone Sigh. I'll stop following you as you seem to have issues with actually having a conversation.Be well and have a good life.
(DIR) Post #ArDtAj9lbB8RiVGJSy by CliftonR@wandering.shop
2025-02-17T22:12:56Z
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@foone My brain went into an infinite loop at the measurement 5'12" and it took some effort to reboot it.It just did it again, typing the above.I suppose one could perfectly well go with 4'24", 7'(-12)" or various equivalences as well.
(DIR) Post #ArDtFMODfmE6YREPL6 by abrasive@digipres.club
2025-02-17T22:13:50Z
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@foone JLC quoted me a surprisingly reasonable $30 for 5 off 500x15 flex? I don't know about your space constraints but maybe you could origami your micro off one end or side in that case? 500x40 (for a side-hinged one) lands closer to $40
(DIR) Post #ArDw8qgOwcpiLJK3dI by mattgrayyes@chaos.social
2025-02-17T22:46:10Z
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@foone that’s one hell of a guitar hero controller
(DIR) Post #ArDwL6MUTcU8Rdqt72 by huronbikes@cyberplace.social
2025-02-17T22:48:33Z
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@foone I think because I saw the Foone-to-scale post first, I originally misread the dimensions and tried to think why someone would want a keyboard 5.5 meters long.
(DIR) Post #ArDwNbuCAYXmr3oUfQ by foone@digipres.club
2025-02-17T22:48:42Z
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I made a boringly sensible version of it.18cm/7", 20 keys.
(DIR) Post #ArDwp8NFYlSbNCWmo4 by amsomniac@mastodon.mit.edu
2025-02-17T22:53:54Z
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@foone this is like the PCB from a nanoraptor device
(DIR) Post #ArDxamY20nIda4I6jI by foone@digipres.club
2025-02-17T23:02:38Z
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Labeled the keys
(DIR) Post #ArDxkLkcUsifMpk2BE by foone@digipres.club
2025-02-17T23:04:16Z
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@sif I thought about that, but with how the wiring works that'd get really tricky. I'm just gonna downsize, which should be good enough for my needs
(DIR) Post #ArDxnJQ5cXcv0RYEj2 by foone@digipres.club
2025-02-17T23:04:56Z
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oh and the back
(DIR) Post #ArDxvIZmdoV8hqtT3g by timjclevenger@infosec.exchange
2025-02-17T23:06:15Z
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@foone up, down, strange, charm, bottom and top?
(DIR) Post #ArDy5940rZ8K6FjDrk by rebelrebel62@mstdn.social
2025-02-17T23:08:05Z
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@foone Have you been listening to #LemonJelly? Reminds me of “Elements”
(DIR) Post #ArDyb9q9VmUxm5VgLg by foone@digipres.club
2025-02-17T23:13:52Z
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@sif This is wrapping around an edge of a monitor, so it needs to be flat on that side
(DIR) Post #ArDynHYmdRQjBzAQgC by ozzelot@mstdn.social
2025-02-17T23:16:05Z
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@foone Windows Mobile, Symbian, Java, Mophun
(DIR) Post #ArDznWJzqtYIvcvbtY by foone@digipres.club
2025-02-17T23:27:19Z
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parts are ordered. who knows when I'll be able to solder it, but you gotta dream.
(DIR) Post #ArE04HOsa9oVZeCgFs by foone@digipres.club
2025-02-17T23:30:10Z
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@dysfun yeah, no, I ordered the 7" one
(DIR) Post #ArE0LsVJssDbZYbjGK by gsuberland@chaos.social
2025-02-17T23:33:25Z
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@foone @dysfun I did once find a PCB manufacturer that would make flex PCBs of near arbitrary length as long as they were no more than about 60mm wide. wasn't cheap but if ever you want to make a 6ft noodle keyboard I can probably dig it back up.
(DIR) Post #ArE0hcVc2DPWKp6zrs by foone@digipres.club
2025-02-17T23:37:29Z
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@gsuberland @dysfun once I can consistently solder again and have money, that might be a great bad idea
(DIR) Post #ArE4SpwUCtBxTFt7fU by mpldr@fosstodon.org
2025-02-18T00:19:26Z
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@foone this should be obligatory on the backside of all pcbs
(DIR) Post #ArE4msnxH3w88kSMRU by StompyRobot@mastodon.gamedev.place
2025-02-18T00:23:10Z
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@foone what's the difference between "under" and down? Shouldn't "down" be "behind?"
(DIR) Post #ArE4xLOBqvx3gmORt2 by foone@digipres.club
2025-02-18T00:25:09Z
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@StompyRobot you'll have to take it up with The Yardbirds
(DIR) Post #ArEDhg77vigmv6176u by bigiain@aus.social
2025-02-18T02:03:06Z
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@foone <sings>Everytime I think of youIt's over, under, sideways, downNo matter what I try to doI try to get you off my mindhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5t6wLzXmkq0(Hmmmm. "Released: 1986". Now I feel _oooold_)
(DIR) Post #ArEFIkSQqLCT3nDr2e by DarcMoughty@infosec.exchange
2025-02-18T02:21:01Z
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@foone OK, but hear me out... what about a 512*384 Foone?
(DIR) Post #ArEKStuP3gVF2Txxs8 by Unixbigot@aus.social
2025-02-18T03:18:50Z
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@foone don’t forget John Paul George and Ringo
(DIR) Post #ArEuvzFnrRHcMf91Yu by clede@podcastindex.social
2025-02-18T10:07:26Z
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@foone @StellaFoxxie What is this? Hilbert’s Grand Keyboard?
(DIR) Post #ArMThxy6hTO0pGdXCi by foone@digipres.club
2025-02-22T01:40:02Z
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PCBs & parts arrived! Everything looks good. I'm gonna attempt to solder it together sometime this weekend
(DIR) Post #ArOAFZa6GgMYGk4hw8 by foone@digipres.club
2025-02-22T21:11:30Z
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Arg I have no solder paste. This is going to be a pain to solder
(DIR) Post #ArOEqHU4uo3Ufn19GK by foone@digipres.club
2025-02-22T22:02:57Z
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I finished soldering it together. It's impossible to focus on with my camera (it's tiny and thin!) so here's a blurry photo
(DIR) Post #ArOHUSYHNubEUUGjVg by foone@digipres.club
2025-02-22T22:32:40Z
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All keys work. I didn't fuck up any wiring!
(DIR) Post #ArOJ7OPonWE2uSRL9M by codinghorror@infosec.exchange
2025-02-22T22:50:37Z
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@foone https://infosec.exchange/@codinghorror/114049938413744463
(DIR) Post #ArONXmjXPEERg0VIkC by nightowl@mastodon.gamedev.place
2025-02-22T23:40:21Z
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@foone Dell Inspiron ~2015?
(DIR) Post #ArOXenNMPoKxEm70sa by foone@digipres.club
2025-02-23T01:33:41Z
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@nightowl Latitude 7400
(DIR) Post #ArQDrBbSYRqn5LG2Ii by foone@digipres.club
2025-02-23T21:01:17Z
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Keyboard installed and functional! It's a macro keyboard for my external monitor. It's capable of being wireless (but isn't currently) which'll help with cable management, and I need to write some software to make it easier to remap without needing to recompile it.
(DIR) Post #ArQG2cyVKMdP4RcVW4 by ozzelot@mstdn.social
2025-02-23T21:25:37Z
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@foone Any device is capable of being wireless. Though only some can remain functional in that state.
(DIR) Post #ArQSfr3q5YP7V9aReK by ericspittle@infosec.exchange
2025-02-23T23:47:15Z
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@foone I realize I'm very late to this, but ... 5' 12"? I'm bothered by this in ways I can't quite explain
(DIR) Post #ArQWGDJn76Z2op4qUS by foone@digipres.club
2025-02-24T00:27:30Z
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@ericspittle isn't it great?