Keyboard Controller Pictures

Description of the endevour

The author installs the cloth shim on to the keyboard tray.
A set of keys with their first set of magnets hot glued on
The keyboard tray
The keyboard tray
Reed switches glued to the bottom of the keyboard tray
The first octave or so of reed switches on the bottom of the keyboard tray
A set of white keys with both set of magnets hot glued on
The author's roommate cutting stencils
The author's roommate cutting stencils
Repelling magnets glued to the keyboard tray, one of which has a stack of magnets on top of it to increase its repelling force
The keyboard assembled with three octaves
The keyboard assembled with three octaves in a dynamic action shot
The author prepares to install adhesive felt.
The adhesive felt
The adhesive felt as first installed, before making cuts to accomidate plastic posts
The underside of the keyboard tray
Detail showing the cuts made in the adhesive felt
Underside of the keyboard tray
Underside of the keyboard tray
The author making cuts in the adhesive felt
The author making cuts in the adhesive felt
The author making cuts in the adhesive felt
The author making cuts in the adhesive felt
The author making cuts in the adhesive felt
The author making cuts in the adhesive felt
The author making cuts in the adhesive felt
The author making cuts in the adhesive felt
The author making cuts in the adhesive felt
The author making cuts in the adhesive felt
The author making cuts in the adhesive felt
The author making cuts in the adhesive felt
The author making cuts in the adhesive felt
The keyboard connected to the circuit board, in turn connected to a simple voltage controlled oscillator
The circuit board
Detail of the connector between the circuit board and the keyboard
The underside of the completed keyboard with resistor chain and common buss
Detail of how the resistor chain was soldered directly to the terminals of the reed switches
The underside of the keyboard showing upswing stops of keys, resistor chain, and reed switches
View through the center of the keyboard
View through the center of the keyboard
View through the center of the keyboard
View through the center of the keyboard
The end of the resistor chain and ground wire routed through underside of keyboard
The completed keyboard with completed circuit board
Last edited on Dec 14 2007
(c) 2007 by Ed Paradis

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