2023-09-17 (Su) EWC_Cyberdeck Right-hand keyboard

I struggled with the design of the right-hand side of the keyboard. I decided it should be removable to stretch my arms while typing. I built split keyboards before and enjoyed typing with them. I selected a 4-conductor headphone wire to link the halves, carrying serial data about the right side. I was going to use three PCF8574P IO expanders, but I settled on two of them and an Arduino Micro. With the microcontroller, I can add an addressable light bar and use the built-in USB port to plug this into any computer and act as a keyboard. To maintain functionality, it will simultaneously send UART serial data and keyboard functions to different ports.
Keyboard on right side

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