Comments on: Make your own roll up keyboard

By: RidoKilos

RidoKilos — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 08:26:59 +0000

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

By: TomV

TomV — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 05:29:50 +0000

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.

By: Orb2069

Orb2069 — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 05:11:24 +0000

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

By: Stephen Manhattan

Stephen Manhattan — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 03:11:53 +0000

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!

By: Emperor dane

Emperor dane — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 22:03:05 +0000

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

By: danielbank

danielbank — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 18:46:50 +0000

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

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By: Rangerx52

Rangerx52 — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 18:02:10 +0000

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

By: Bill.jr

Bill.jr — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 11:03:11 +0000

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.

By: boom

boom — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 10:07:52 +0000

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

By: Shadyman

Shadyman — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 09:15:25 +0000

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

By: Matthew

Matthew — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 08:29:21 +0000

I LOOOOVE keyBads.

By: dbzfanatic

dbzfanatic — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 08:04:46 +0000

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.