Re:Split keyboards and how to build them
by __mharrison__ on Tuesday January 26, 2021 @10:41PM
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Add a long time thinkpad user and someone who has a mech keyboard (unicomp) with a trackpoint, I thought these would be common place... Still waiting for a trackpoint but I have a nice big CST trackball between my split keyboard until then...
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Re:Split keyboards and how to build them
by petepete on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @03:16AM
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The only mech keyboard with a proper trackpoint (afaik) is the Tex Yoda.
https://mechanicalkeyboards.com/shop/index.php?l=product_lis...
Re:Split keyboards and how to build them
by snapplefish on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @05:42AM
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Trackpoint modules are harvestable from Thinkpad keyboards, and are well-supported in QMK (the most prolific keyboard firmware). I've used them a lot on custom splits, and they work quite well.
Are they well supported in both AVR and ARM/chibios versions of QMK? Are there any differences in how they work on a thinkpad and with QMK?
On my old thinkpad the cursor would sometimes start drifting and you have to release the trackpoint for it to settle - is that something that is handled by the firmware or inside the trackpoint module?
Asking as someone who plans to build a custom keyboard (preferably with arm mcu) and have a trackpoint module waiting with the pinout figured out.
Re:Split keyboards and how to build them
by __mharrison__ on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @03:31PM
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Do you have any links?