Make your own Roll-Up Keyboard

Step 5 Complete:

After the long process of labeling the keys you are now ready to use your roll up flexible keyboard. Using a text editor check to make sure all your keys function. HINT: to save time label only the keys you use most, or learn to touch type :)

Comments

[pjain7]

can this be done with a ps/2 keyboard???
actually i thought about this some time ago.. searched it on the net but could not find this..

[ghmagm]

YES YOU CAN! I looked it up and found a schematic! However, its quite complicated.... The 6 pins on the ps/2 each have different purposes as you may know. 4 of them are exactly like the usb. So basically, this is the usb ====.
under the first "=" that is connector/line 4. the second = is 3 and so on. on the ps/2, the plastic should be on the top. the whole entire left side is going to be used.the very top one is going to 3 on usb, the middle to 4, and the bottom to 1. on the right side, the middle is going to 2. The final connects(soldering) is gonna be fun XD GOod luck!

[dlavie1]

Yap it also works.
It's not about the Plug. It's just about the membrane.
PS/2 and USB are the same (most of the time)

Greetings

[darkria 45]

what if you put a thin platic or silicone coating on this?

[firelord88]

or you could just go to a computer store pick up a roll out one for $15

[Redgerr]

thats 15$ more than you need to spend if you happen to have a keyboard laying around... its also cooler if you said you built it yourself and it works! thats my opinion anyhow

[ipwnuall2]

hahaha boned.... Just Kidding! ;)

[Maxaxle]

That looks like the kind of thing that I would do on the weekend! But I don't wanna let go of my decent, although basic, keyboard quite yet. Besides, I prefer to use buttons over thin, touch-sensitive pads that leave your fingers sore from bumping the desk so much, lol .

[Kryptonite]

Hey, do you do HTML coding? just the way ou wrote <sarcasm> lol </sarcasm> is the same as you do affects and stuff when writing out a web page. The reason I ask is because if you do, I'd dearly like some tutoring. =P

[cyrozap]

Use Wikipedia.

[Kryptonite]

Jee, thanks for all that amazing help...

[loofkid]

 w3schools.com/html/default.asp has a very good tutorial. thats how i learned.

[Kryptonite]

I started web design this year, and that's the website we use mainly!

[cyrozap]

You're VERY welcome!

[jsvanriet]

hey just out of curiosity...You know how the sell silicon that people can use like artists and stuff to create molds and what have you not?  What if you placed this INSIDE of the silicon inside a mold as it was curing?  Anyone got any ideas/willing to be the guinea pig?  I have heard about silicone molds but have never tried or even know where to start...just throwing the idea out there for the more accomplished/inventive community members.

[Yellowsmiley]

One thing, the contacts on the circuit board and the keyboard membrane don't hold tightly together with anything i've tried (superglue the edges of the circuit board and the membrane, electrical tape). Anyone got any ideas?

[kingsmanname]

Umm Maybe Hot Glue? It Does Wonders!!!

[scratchr]

wire glue click here but carful it is unforgiving.

[Azayles]

melt the three layers together at strategic points using a soldering iron and an old bit.

[cd41]

howed you print the key labels if you already took the keyboard apart?

[master-of-chaos]

Guess till you get em right.

[Orange Katie]

You know, as an alternative, there are loads of letter stickers at scrapbooking and craft stores... and remember, you still have the intact keys from the original itself for reference! ;)

[peach_fart]

maybe he printed them before he made it?

[cd41]

thats crzy talk you know he had a second keyboard lol:)

[Crizzle]

Then whats with your original comment if you know a possibility or mabye even the answer?

[filmakerob]

well, one thing , how well does it work ? i mean cuz i dont know if i want to rip apart my key board just to do this,

[osxtiger]

You can buy cheap membrane keyboards for a buck or two.

[freerunnin1]

1 thing... mine is an old mouse port keyboard and it has to have the metal board... i think so a little help please thanks in advance

[freerunnin1]

oh yeh sweet idea by the way

[freerunnin1]

if i have a scanner then to save u time sticking on each individual letter u could scan ur keyboard n print it off then stick the whole page onto the membrane :) i always try to find eisier ways to do stuff coz im lazy :)

[chippy15]

what do u do to prevent the lights board from getting damaged?? you could put silicone spray on it but still protection is for this to work properly!!!

[Kryptonite]

Hot-glue-encasing? I reckon if I tried this i'd probably do that.

[REA]

maybe soldering some smaller LEDs to it.

[miki31]

thank you this site help me a lot in making my projects hehehehe Tnx

[2tonechaos]

Perhaps it would also be a good idea (assuming you wish to keep the labels on there for any kind of long term) to cover over the whole thing with transparent Contact paper. This way the oils/dirt/god-only-knows-what-else on your fingertips coupled with the frequent battering won't dirty or destroy the label paper. Actually, it's prolly not a bad idea to cover the whole thing in such a fashion, front and back, just to provide a bit of elemental protection without hindering/reducing the nifty roll-upableness factor.

[gamemasterful]

I would try to laminate it, and/or possibly hot glue the circuit board to prevent it from being shorted out from any liquids. That way it would be protected AND submersible! Probably even dishwasher safe!

[hoWmAnyTiMeS]

good idea thanks. :]

[spongbob]

I think it's a great idea but looks 2 hard 4 me 2 do. Well probably cuz I'm a gurl.

[Kryptonite]

One should never under estimate the power of girls, especially if they place a well aimed kick in the fork of the legs. And hey, it's not hard by the looks of things, it's just unscrewing and re-assembling. =D

[BellaStella7]

hmm.. I'm a girl as well. What are you implying? :( Besides, I really do think I'm going to try this. You never know.. it might be fun. Plus, it looks awesome!