Put some socks on them. It looks stupid, but makes them much more comfortable.
It gets rid of the marks on the hands and makes it so that they don’t stick to your hands when your sweat.
Kimcha87
joined 1 year ago
I am a bit confused by your photo and the other comment.
Usually you installed female headers on the board and male pins on the controller.
Most keyboard designs also ask for the controller to be installed with the components facing down and not up like in your image.
So make sure to double check the correct direction for your keyboard before turning it on.
For the display you can use the same female headers and then just make the male pins that you solder to the display longer.
I recommend watching this stream of a lily58 keyboard build. It’s done by the creator of the nice nano.
He shows how to properly solder controllers, sockets, diodes and so on. o
In addition to what others have mentioned:
- display brightness
- prev/next song and play/pause
This looks awesome! How did you embed the magnets? It seems like there are no holes...
And does the keyboard rattle around inside? Or is it a pretty tight fit?
Amazing. Thank you for creating this community here.
I haven’t been back to Reddit since the blackouts started and the only subreddits I miss were this one and one other one.
So I’m happy we have a new home.
I also appreciate and fully agree with the way you handled the move and your decision making.
Thank you for being honest, transparent and considerate.
Next step is to move all my posts from Reddit to here.
You got a lot of great recommendations.
I just wanted to throw in that you shouldn’t actually put your wrists on the wrist rests, because it can lead to carpal tunnel syndrome.
Instead you should rest the meaty part of your palm. So it’s better to refer to them in your head as “palm rests”.
And for ideal ergonomics you should only rest on them when you are not typing. When you are typing your hands should be floating.
And of course, your table height should be at or below elbow level so that your elbows are 90 degrees or less.