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So I'm just getting started, and have ordered a corne kit from keebd.com, and nice!nanos, hoping to make it wireless.

As far as I can tell, the board doesn't seem to be modified to have pads for the battery or a power switch or anything. I'm pretty sure that's fine and the current draw when it's not is use is low enough that it'll still last a while, and I can just solder the battery straight to the nice!nano, but is that right?

Also, I'd quite like to use the nice!view, but from what I can see there isn't space for that on the corne, only a 4-pin header for an OLED screen. Is there a way to use the nice!view?

Do you have any other advice for a wireless corne? I saw someone mention not to plug the TRRS in, or it fries the battery. Is there anything else I should be mindful of that I might not know?

(Also, first lemmy post!)

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[-] Hazel@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

You can bodge a power switch onto it, or use something like my batt!pack.

Nice! has information on how to get the nice!view working on a board that has OLED support. Only requires one bodge wire. Broom made NiceHatHarry to get a nice!view onto their boards that don't have OLED support already.

[-] donnachaidh@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

That looks like it would be perfect, but I'm in Australia and I don't think I can justify $20 shipping for a 50c board. Bodge it is!

[-] Hazel@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I absolutely agree. there is someone selling the old version of etsy, so that might be a cheaper option. You could also have the old version fabricated yourself - that's probably the cheapest option (besides bodges).

[-] kukkurovaca@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Oh that's super neat

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