[posted] Yet another laptop keyboard with Teensy

[warren]

Just another laptop keyboard converted to USB. Recycled materials only :)

• Dell Inspiron 1420 Latin-american Spanish keyboard
• Teensy-LC (code)
• A peace of floating floor and screws

Hope you like it!

[XFer]

Stylish! I like it.

[Paul]

Wow, that's a really nice build. Did you use a router or milling machine to cut those slots?

[warren]

I'm glad you both like it!

Oh no, I own very rudimentary tools, I used a couple of rusty chisels to carve the slots. I must confess that I'm not happy with the quality of the work but I was in a hurry to have a functional (and conformable) keyboard though I was surprised with the overall looking. Maybe in the future I will re-do it with proper tools and more time.

[thedalles77]

I've added links in my Instructable to this post and to your repo so others can see an excellent example of how to build a keyboard base with basic woodworking tools. You've also done a nice job cleaning up the code.

[warren]

I've added links in my Instructable to this post and to your repo so others can see an excellent example of how to build a keyboard base with basic woodworking tools. You've also done a nice job cleaning up the code.

Thank you so much! Without your excellent tutorial and circuit diagram I'd have never been able to even start the project so a big big thank you for you!

[PaulStoffregen]

This was posted on the PJRC website. Here's the link.

https://www.pjrc.com/usb-laptop-keyboard-controller/

[thedalles77]

Thanks for posting the USB Laptop Keyboard Controller writeup on the PJRC website. I have one correction; The beautiful wood base was made by Warren, not by Frank Adams (aka thedalles77). It should read "In his post to our forum, you can see a beautiful wooden case that Warren made using basic carpentry tools..."

I have also built wood bases for keyboards but I'm not as handy with a chisel as Warren so I resorted to using multiple sheets of thin plywood that were cut with a jigsaw and glued together.

[PaulStoffregen]

It should read "In his post to our forum, you can see a beautiful wooden case that Warren made using basic carpentry tools..."

Updated the page.