• pixelprimer@lemmy.worldOP
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    1 year ago

    I’m in Australia so this will be in AUD with Australian shipping.

    I got the PCB’s from JLPCB for $23.85

    The keycaps diodes microcrontroller switches etc came to $50.17 total. I just used the ones linked in the github, as well as probably knockoff holy pandas and a knockoff soya milk set? They were both super cheap hahah.

    So that’s $73.22 AUD total, so a bit less than $50 USD!

    https://github.com/tompi/cheapino

    I’ve done some soldering in the past but never built a keyboard or anything like this. I was quite nervous but it was quite easy! Hardest part was making sure the switches were straight, but following the build guides tips I managed to do that pretty well (better on the right half then the left half I tried first hahaha.) Highly recommend this keyboard and project.

    Really happy with the end result, I plan on building a Charybdis nano or Flow36 in the future to replace my trackball mouse but this is a great first step.

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      1 year ago

      Wow, that’s way less expensive then I thought! Seems like a fun project as well!

      Thank you so much for all the info. This project is really compelling to me, so I might end up building something similar :)

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        1 year ago

        Yeah crazy cheap, if you’re in Australia I’ve got 3 spare pcbs (JLPCB has a minimum order of 5) I’d be happy to send them to you with my spare rotary encoder and diodes

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          1 year ago

          Thank you for the offer, that’s very very kind of you! I’ll have to pass though, as I live on the opposite side of the world. But I can give you a suggestion: If they are collecting dust anyway, you could use them yourself for a cool little macropad and bind whatever you want to them. Could be a nice gift for friends/family as well :)