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.
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.