I saw your answer to 'how to get into hardware design'. If you're willing to answer noobie questions I've got another one for you :)
I put together an ErgoDox by following the directions (and by soldering. Lots of soldering :) ) but I don't really understand how the circuits work.
In particular I'd like to put together a keyboard that connects the switches using wires instead of a PCB, but I don't know why there's all the ICs here and there, or what they're doing, or even where to find a circuit diagram of the ErgoDox, nor how to analyze those circuits.
Could you recommend a good 'next step' for getting more familiar with the various parts that go into something like an ErgoDox?
I'm enough of a noob that I'm not going to be surprised if you just link me back to your repo here (in which case I apologize in advance) :)
I put together an ErgoDox by following the directions (and by soldering. Lots of soldering :) ) but I don't really understand how the circuits work.
In particular I'd like to put together a keyboard that connects the switches using wires instead of a PCB, but I don't know why there's all the ICs here and there, or what they're doing, or even where to find a circuit diagram of the ErgoDox, nor how to analyze those circuits.
Could you recommend a good 'next step' for getting more familiar with the various parts that go into something like an ErgoDox?
I'm enough of a noob that I'm not going to be surprised if you just link me back to your repo here (in which case I apologize in advance) :)