Nice little trick. I thought about doing something like this not long back but decided not to simply because I think they would break too easily in cold weather. Still pretty fun to look at though.

Posted at 12:04 am on Jan 25th, 2008 by dbzfanatic

I LOOOOVE keyBads.

Posted at 12:29 am on Jan 25th, 2008 by Matthew

You can do this with PS/2 or newer AT keyboards, too.

Posted at 1:15 am on Jan 25th, 2008 by Shadyman

Anybody know where I can get instructions for building a keyboard from scratch with AVR controllers?

Posted at 2:07 am on Jan 25th, 2008 by boom

That’s pretty old thing, you can make it from almost every keyboard you can buy these days. I’ve made it too long time ago, but it wasn’t possible to use it. It’s pretty pain when you are knocking with fingers to your desk.

Posted at 3:03 am on Jan 25th, 2008 by Bill.jr

This isnt anything new, but its still cool. I did this back around 5 years ago- but i pulled the substrates apart, used a continuity tester to map the pin combinations for the keyboard controller, and wired the controller up to a calculator (with detatched traces). I ended up with a full keyboard including the numpad in a tiny package. I used it for my car computer until the screen died in a sad accident

Posted at 10:02 am on Jan 25th, 2008 by Rangerx52

Can I buy them on Ebay? My 2 cents..

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Posted at 10:46 am on Jan 25th, 2008 by danielbank

hey ‘boom’

there’s a library for emulating ps2 keyboards with avr microcontroller’s in bascom (basic compiler)

-http://www.mcselec.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=shop.flypage&product_id=35&category_id=6&option=com_phpshop&Itemid=1
its a 14 dollar add on though

try avrfreaks.net

Posted at 2:03 pm on Jan 25th, 2008 by Emperor dane

I actually did this with a couple ps/2 keyboards i had, but mistreated them(read: threw in backpack for school everyday with books, etc) and they eventually cracked and broke….still fun to do and a conversation starter for sure!

Posted at 7:11 pm on Jan 26th, 2008 by Stephen Manhattan

Maybe if you glued a rubberized backing onto it, it’d reduce the cracking…

Posted at 9:11 pm on Jan 26th, 2008 by Orb2069

Again, I’m another thats done this before. Portable, but shockingly bad to type on, as may be expected. I think I’ll stick to my Model M.

Posted at 9:29 pm on Jan 28th, 2008 by TomV

Flexible keyboards are like fish. Fun to hit people in the face with.

Posted at 12:26 am on Jan 31st, 2008 by RidoKilos