Mechanical Keyboard

Mechanical Keyboard Prototype With V-USB & QMK

Sunday, September 6, 2020

An image of a circuit breadboard sitting on top of a a german book "eine reise durch die zeit", the breadboard is populated by hookup wires resistors, a central microcontroller and a usb-c header. A mechanical keyboard is in the background.

This is a relatively complete guide on how to build a mechanical keyboard prototype and get it functioning with QMK. Two different microcontrollers will be demonstrated (ATMegs32A, ATMega328P) and it should provide a solid starting point for anyone wishing to build a keyboard from the ground up. This is going to the the base I build on with an aim to designing, testing and producing a selection of full keyboards.