Dactyl Manuform Build Guide

Building Dactyl Manuform 5x6 with flex PCB and Mill-Max hotswap sockets 0:00 What is in the kit 2:58 Clean the case 6:39 About PCB diodes direction 7:57 Solder diodes 19:50 Review PCB 24:24 Cutting PCB row for builds smaller than 6x6 27:06 About building with Mill-Max hot-swap sockets 30:26 Put Mill-Max sockets to switches 32:02 Hot-glue PCBs to the case 1:13:54 Solder Mill-Max sockets to PCB 1:16:03 How to pull out switches 1:21:31 Connect the wrist rests 1:26:14 Solder thumb cluster wires 1:41:44 Prepare MCU's harness 2:10:33 I re-soldered the TRRS cable to the same side as the matrix cables 2:11:22 Reset button and LEDs 2:33:00 Insert MCU and TRRS socket into the case 2:42:30 Solder the matrix cables (left half) 2:47:03 Attach Reset and LEDs 2:52:35 Close the case 2:55:13 Building the right half timelapse 3:05:37 Rows and columns numeration and soldering matrix cable at the right half 3:13:59 Finishing the right half 3:15:59 Test the keyboard