2y ago

Handwired Skeletyl powered by FAK

WeAct CH552T board, running FAK

How's my handwiring? 😅

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What layout is that?!
- Colemak
Am I missing something? Where’s the space bar?
- What do you need a space bar for?
- The letters printed on the keys don't control what they do. You can change what they independently of what is written on them
  
  This. I like my space on the middle right thumb key
Looking good! I ordered 2 ch55 boards when i saw your fak announcement. I like the idea of minimalism taken all the way!
- Thanks! Have fun tinkering once you get the boards 😁
  Btw your work on Cheapino is awesome! Made me aware of other matrix scanning methods. I've been trying to do round-robin matrix scanning on FAK and so far looks like it's working well
Damn that wiring is clean. Nice.
Nice! How do you like the keyboard?
- Coming from daily-driving a Klor, it's a very natural transition. I can touch type on it mostly fine. Ergonomics is insane. All the keys feel much closer and way easier to reach. I miss the splay on the Klor though since I've come to like it.
How do you assign and use special keys? I see I need them frequently, but I have not yet found a way to access them easily on other layers.
So far that is the only reason that keeps me from using my new Piantor.
- Well, there are many ways to do that. It's kind of a rabbit hole on its own. For me, I prefer layers to combos to access special keys like symbols, numbers, and function keys.
  If you meant modifiers like Ctrl and Shift, I use home row mods. I also started with 40+ keys like a Piantor and swore I would never like home row mods, but ended up loving them after trying it.
  Anyway, layers feel pretty intuitive to me. What do you think is making layers not easy for you?
  
  Layers are fine, but I did not yet find the right keys to access those layers. I'm not sure whether I want my shift and ctrl be located on my thumb or pinky keys. I would like my layer switch keys to be on the thumb keys, but then I have to put them there along with shift and ctrl with click, hold, and double click allocations. That is too complicated though.
  I'm kind of missing the accessibility of keys on a standard keyboard, but I like the efficiency I can type regular letters on the Piantor.
  I haven't tried home row mods yet.

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