BastardKB Skeletyl Amoeba Handwire

26/12/2021

0 B0120 B1 666 E 47 D6 AC93 B4 DA68 F6399 F
F9 BE7285 27 BA 4 E89 AA9 B 6 D9957 F72365
72 EFA873 9 D84 4840 B221 625 F993 A0 FFC
3 CEE4 B46 02 BF 4733 8318 5 FA716840 F29
81 AF4 E61 E25 F 4 DA9 BE42 0 A38 FF013116

This build uses Keeb's 1u amoeba PCBs to make a handwire a bit easier. Saves you having to attach a diode.

I had a couple of problems matching my matrix to the firmware so I had to figure out how that passes through to the firmware. Fortunately BastardKB has a really helpful Discord server and a few people on there pointed me in the right direction.

The last issue was holding the MCU in right position so you can do crazy things like plug it in.

Rather than using TRRS jacks, which would've been another thing to sketchily mount in position, this uses an old USB cable (yes it is too long 🤫) with the plugs cut off, connecting the MCUs on each side.

And that's it; easy? The hardest bit is typing on it. The firmware is pretty amusingly barren by default. It doesn't have any way of deleting things. I've made my own version which uses a couple of approaches I've borrowed from the Pain27 firmware. It works quite well, but coding on it will be a different story!

Next year I want to review every vegetarian and vegan Pigs-in-Blankets product. This year we have... WSK Pain27