What do you do if you’re looking for a project, but don’t know what to do? If you’re [gltovar], just look around at your hobbies. He’s been playing Starcraft for a while and finally decided to build a custom Starcraft keyboard.
[gltovar] came across an interesting keyboard layout known as TheCore. Ostensibly, this layout allows the player faster access to the commands most used when playing Starcraft. [gltovar] decided he needed a keyboard specifically designed for TheCore, and set about making one of his own design.
The keyboard matrix is designed around a 1×5 row of keys, each attached to a Teensy microcontroller acting as a USB device. Each of these rows are a separate circuit board, allowing [gltovar] to move the rows up and down ergonomically in a custom enclosure.
It’s everything [gltovar] wanted in a custom keyboard. Whether it improves his Starcraft game is another story entirely, but we’re sure he’s at least having fun.
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Thanks!
Some more stuff about it here
git hub link is here:
https://github.com/gltovar/CoreBoard
image gallery is here:
http://imgur.com/a/hdM9X
There is a forum post on geekhack (keyboard enthusiast forum)
http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=45389.0
you can get perfect antighosting using different hid mode, the one with max 6 keys is the lowest possible one
why can’t i +1 this post?
There are a few commercial products that do this already (or somewhat similar) like the razer orb. Props however for rolling his own :)
This would be a good idea for Stronghold 2.. Sweet!
I love that the columns slide. When I play my keyboard is massively angled so I don’t have to curl my hands into a claw and pound on my fingertips.