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!)
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.
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!
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).
Oh that’s super neat
If you’re mainly using the board in one place, a battery switch isn’t ultra critical, although it is a very good to have. If you plan to take the board anywhere, it’s more of a must-have, because there’s no way to put it to sleep such that carrying it in your bag won’t wake it back up
I got started by just ordering the parts and then figuring out how to build the case to make it work later. It’s totally fine to start out with the battery connector soldered directly to the nice nano and temporarily attached with tape or something. If you are anything like me, you will rebuild it 5 or 6 times before dealing with the batteries anyway. Just make sure to look up how to safely work with lithium batteries, they can explode if treated wrong.
Edit: I do recommend having a connector of some kind between the battery and the nice nano, it makes working on it a lot easier.
