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From selecting parts to soldering your first PCB, these articles take you through each stage of creating and personalizing your dream keyboard—no prior experience required.
Building your own keyboard can be a really fun and rewarding process. If you’ve ever thought about making one from scratch, it’s not as hard as it might seem. With the right tools, parts, and a little patience, you can put together a keyboard that feels and sounds exactly the way you want. To get
Many people think of keyboard keycaps and even keyboards in general as just tools you type on. But mechanical keyboards offer a world of customization, letting you change how they look, feel, and sound. Keycaps play a huge role in that. In today’s customization era, you don’t have to settle for the standard caps that
The technical side of mechanical keyboards often comes down to firmware, and two of the most popular ones are QMK and VIA. These are basically the brains that let you customize how your keyboard works. With them, you can change key functions, set up macros, or even adjust lighting to match your style. In this
The PCB (Printed Circuit Board) is one of the most important parts of a mechanical keyboard. You can think of it as the brain of the keyboard. Every time you press a key, the PCB sends a signal to your computer telling it exactly which key was pressed. If the PCB stops working or gets