I'd like to make my old keyboard wireless.

[Mark Healey]

I have a Focus FK 9000, the best keyboard ever made. The problem is that
I'm getting sick of wires.

I'd like to make it wireless. I'm wondering how hard it would be to
cannibalize the RF side of an existing wireless keyboard. Has anyone
taken one apart? Are the RF and keyboard circuits fairly discrete? How
about one of those Bluetooth keyboards for PDAs?

 

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I have a Focus FK 9000, the best keyboard ever made. The problem is that
I'm getting sick of wires.

I'd like to make it wireless. I'm wondering how hard it would be to
cannibalize the RF side of an existing wireless keyboard. Has anyone
taken one apart? Are the RF and keyboard circuits fairly discrete? How
about one of those Bluetooth keyboards for PDAs?

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[jasen]

I have a Focus FK 9000, the best keyboard ever made.

It'd have to be pretty special to beat an IBM type M

The problem is that I'm getting sick of wires.

I'd like to make it wireless. I'm wondering how hard it would be to
cannibalize the RF side of an existing wireless keyboard.

assuming the Focus has a printed circuitboard (or even wirewrap) behing the
keys it'd be pretty easy. Modern keyboards are 90% platic membrane and a tiny
little circuitboard. you need to configure your keys to mimic the circuit the
wireless keyboard circuitry is expecting. you may have to modify the tracks
inside your old keyboard to match the wiring matrix used in the wireless one.

Last time I had the urge to rewire a keyboard (>12 years ago) I used the
materials on hand, solderable enameled wire, some sort of glue-paint
(actually Gestetner wax-stencil correction fluid), and a craft knife.

If I had to do it tomorrow i'd use wirewrap wire and hotmelt glue, but the
same knife ("NT" makes a quality product).

Bye.
Jasen