Thank you so much for this vid!! I'm new to the hobby and wanting to go wireless, I was very confused with the socketing and battery placement stuff but you've helped clear that up
Thank you for making this video. I'm building a chocofi (my first wireless build) and there's no “official” build guide, so I was looking at some corne builds. Turns out the chocofi doesn't support an on/off switch, unfortunately this was not very clear to me. I would've gone with the corne, but I was really keen on having the more aggressive pinky column stagger. You can't have everything I guess.
Incredibly helpful video! I think I spotted the Ferris Bling MX at 4:10 , which is what I am planning on building. I am slightly confused on the stacked design, what materials did you use for the switch and bottom plates? Was this also printed by a PCB manufacturer or printed somewhere else? Thank you!
Thank you for the guide! One question, do I need to flip the nine!nano on the left side when building a wireless sweep with reversible PCB? I did that with my pro micro, but the nice!nano doesn't seem inverted here in the video.
This is so perfectly timed I just got my nicenanos and I’m waiting for my batteries to arrive. I’m going to change my pro-micros on my Corne to the nicenanos. I want to have a power switch but don’t know where to put it, I’m not sure if the one in the video would work, any suggestions? You Ferris sweep video was one of the first videos I watched when I was looking to build my corne
The corne doesn't have a power switch footprint. You will have to direct wire it to the nice!nano. You could mod the PCB and add a handwired power switch but that would be a bit complicated for a beginner.
@@KyekOfficial ah damn, I’m just worried about travelling with the keyboard and it waking up from sleep mode I didn’t solder any RGBs or the OLED screen, I’m very minimalist lol
@@moosashah1753 You could connect the battery with a JST connector and unplug it when you travel. Or ask over on discord how to hand wire a power switch. It would be a bit complicated to explain in youtube comments.
If I want to replace existing batteries - would de solder it and re soldering new one would easily finish the replacement? or is there any other caution needed?
Yes you can do that. Just be careful to not apply much heat and not touch the two wires together. If you need to change it often it's faster and easier with a JST plug.
so if the pcb has no battery pads and I have to connect the battery directly to the nice nano, do I still need to solder the power switch even if it's not going to work? Thanks!
Great video. Two questions: 1) can you still use the keyboard with both sides (L + R) plugged into the PC and the battery switch on the off position? In other words, a "no battery mode". 2) the nice!nano has 1MB of flash and 256KB of RAM. Is that enough space to hold multiple layers, like the Miryoku layout or something more complex?
Very helpful video! I am finally making that leap of faith of ordering the components. However, I still have two questions: 1. Where should I get the (not low profile) mill-max sockets? There seems to be some on Amazon, but those costs a lot. Also, those come in long strips and I do not know what tool to use to cut it into 12-pin length. 2. I am planning on making a Sweep v2.2 build. How shall I solder the power switch, the battery, and the nice!nano for it to work properly? I can't see any battery pads(maybe I'm missing something). If you have any additional suggestions for first-timers, please feel free to tell me. Thank you!
I got them from AliExpress and I cut them down to 12 pin with flush cutters. In my next video you will be able to see how I cut them. The battery pads are marked B+ and B-. You can see them near the USB port. My only suggestion for now is join the discord community so if you need help we can talk more easily.
You can still use it wireless and realy on deep sleep mode to save battery. Or you can use the JST plug and detach it to power off, but the JST plug looks a bit ugly in my opinion.
I recently bought a kit from Aliexpress, it was actually very cheap so i decided to buy it. When i recived it i realize that i comes without the battery, is there a way to test everything without a battery? (the solder work and stuff) If i connect directly the nano to the pc it will do something? Only while i wait til the battery arrives.
What would happen if i connected a double or triple or even bigger size battery with the same voltage output? Heard a lot about custom keyboard with leds or small displays having short battery life but since a lot of us 3D print the case of the keyboard, I don't get why the small batteries...🤔
Awesome vid! Is there a reason the nice nano website says not to solder headers to B+ and B-? Is it safer to solder the battery directly to the nano or something?
Hey there! I'm in the process of designing a macropad pcb and I'm considering adding compatibility for the Nice!Nano. Would you happen to know the component designation of the power switch displayed in your video?
hey Kyek,I'm quited interested to get one wireless corne for lay down coding, under which situation my legs will be placed between two splits.Wanna ask if you encounter any connection issue when something placed between two halves.
Heya, I'm building a wireless corne, but I forgot to add the toggle switches. Is there a way to use the nice nano without the toggle switch? Like turning it off or on by reseting with tweezers or something.
