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HP 46010A converter and firmware

Posted: 23 Sep 2018, 18:41
by listofoptions
so it took me a bit of time after getting one of these boards to get it converted and working, but
here is the link to my GitHub with a branch of QMK as the base of the firmware. so if you have one of these boards you no longer have to desolder all of the chips on the board to be able to use it with a modern pc.

long story short, there is not an actual controller in the keyboard just some 4000 series logic which can operate at both 5 and 12 volts (i obviously rely on that) this machine works very much like the IBM bigfoot (I personally prefer calling those surfboards, so as to prevent confusion with the OTHER bigfoot).

so far Ive not found any actual bugs in the code, but then again i just finished this converter a night ago.
the instructions for building as well as the instructions for compilation are all in the link.

https://github.com/qmk/qmk_firmware/tre ... /hp_46010a
testing right now, actually using it to write this post :D

edit: woops! killed the old link without thinking, this code got merged into QMK proper now! WOOT!

Posted: 24 Sep 2018, 03:30
by OldIsNew
Very cool! Unfortunately, your link doesn't seem to be working for me right now - I am curious to see what you've posted on github. The 46010A is the 3rd gen Fujitsu leaf spring version isn't it? I once picked up a similar looking board, the 46011A, which was a horrible RD version. Sigh.

Posted: 24 Sep 2018, 04:23
by Sangdrax
I looked at the thread earlier and the link was working. Maybe he changed something...

Posted: 24 Sep 2018, 14:08
by listofoptions
Sorry Guys! forgot that i had posted the link to my personal repo here when i killed the branch after getting it merged into QMK proper! should work now!

Posted: 24 Sep 2018, 19:19
by listofoptions
to answer your question, I've found that the 46011, 46021, and 46030 are all rubber dome, the only two that seem to be actual fujitsu leaf spring (clicky no less) 3rd gen are the 46010, and 46020