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Controller board mounting for thumb trackpoint? #4

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manna-harbour opened this issue Jan 19, 2023 · 2 comments
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Controller board mounting for thumb trackpoint? #4

manna-harbour opened this issue Jan 19, 2023 · 2 comments

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          Hi,

I'm in the middle of planning an "embedded" trackpoint controller board support to my variation on crkbd.
I've added the driver board electronics as SMT components similarly to the buzzard and would like to connect the controller board to the PCB to the right of the thumb cluster (increase the right side PCB just a little bit). This way I won't have to play around with too much rewiring (I think).

However, I'm unsure how to actually connect the controller board to the keyboard PCB. I thought of soldering right angle pins over the pads between the controller board and sensor module, this way I could at least socket the controller board. I'm just afraid it would be too flimsy and hard to solder.

Do you have any suggestions?

Thanks

Originally posted by @hochshi in #1 (comment)

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manna-harbour commented Jan 19, 2023

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hochshi commented Jan 22, 2023

Thank you - these two resources are great.

Since I have zero expertise in creating 3D printed cases, I'm hoping to get something clean looking :).
I'll try to replace one of the wired connection with a socket and cover the backside with a plate - we'll see how it turns out.

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