Bleugh.Biz

Getting there…..

Did you hear the one about the Mini Amiga 500 with the plastic non working keyboard?

Well, i went done made one with a
Mini WORKING Keyboard!

Many of you’ll know just how many years (on and off) have gone into this, multiple thousands of hours developing and iterating.
Measuring the originals!
Profiling the original keys
Creating the keys in CAD
Creating the text in CAD then revising for 42-ish percent scale.
Sourcing the key switches
Developing a working solution to use keycaps with the switches
Finding how to custom colour resin,
Perfecting the print.
Assembly!
Code!

Still to finish the last few yards now, packaging and pricing!
Ive got now weeks of spreadsheets , price breaks, sourcing ahead of me!

This little screenshot took nearly a month of my evenings and weekends to put together!. All keys on the keyboard correctly registering on the mini. What is printed on the key is what will appear on screen!...

Here, i've pressed every button.....Then with Commodore, Then with shift. that pesky ↑ key making π was fun. £ a little easier. @ however, now THAT was a challenge to get the correct PETSCII codes. Most QMK keyboard.c files have maybe 50ish lines of code!. This one has over 250, and i've not yet added any other layers for correctly mapping when plugging this into a PC / Raspberry pi!