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Meteor-Sidekick

Slide out keyboard for modern smartphones

Uses Nice!Nano as a microcontroller and the first implementation is sized to a Pixel 7 Pro

Current implementation is with the Kailh Scissor switches as they are very thin and available unlike the ultramecs 6c switches.

If you know of a way to get thinner mechanical switches, like the Ultramecs, at a reasonable price (not $150 a board), please raise an issue in this repo.

Project Status

November 2022

Boards that were created were milled with the wrong size of drill bit due to board fab error. Fabricator remade boards to rectify this.

January 2023

New boards arrived and components are still being collected.

Jul 2023

Solder paste stencil arrived and reflow oven was obtained. Soldering of transistors will happen by paste and reflow, while switches will be done entirely by hand.

Jan 2024

Board has been produced and now soldered thanks to my steady handed assistant.

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SMD Soldering

SMD parts reflow soldered

Adding Switches and Caps

Swithches installed, caps being added

Praise the manufacturing tolerances

Only one keyswitch was out of tolerence

2D Drawing

Back of keyboard

3D Render

Front

Front of keyboard

Back

Back of keyboard

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