#102

Have you been able to connect this to a dongle for a wireless experience?

#103

Just ordered so guess I have to wait a month… but i don’t think I’m gonna trough the hassle of finding a dongle that works. Just thought that Bluetooth was nice in case of pc use.

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#104

this article by a historian of technology might answer your question. the curse of qwerty!
things could have been otherwise…

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#105

Just wanted to chyme in and say that since the TT code isn’t that large, I went with a mini keyboard instead. Wireless, works great.

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#106

@ParanormalPatroler could you share a link to the keyboard please?
Some other people have reported success with wireless keyboards.
I need a couple :slight_smile:
Good to see you over here too:)
Cheers!

#107

Hi @thopa, sorry for the late reply, I had a newer, backlit, keyboard on the way and I wanted to make sure that it also worked before I replied. I don’t have the link or name of the first one (as you can imagine these are white products once you’ve discarded the packaging there’s no name to be found), but the newest one I got [is this](: https://cdon.se/hushallsapparater/mini-tangentbord-air-mouse-2-4g-android-tv-box-pc-tablet-p40218353) . Hope this proves helpful to you.

#108

Hi @ParanormalPatroler i missed this reply too!
I got one keyboard like your with the bluetooth nub, good lord is the keyboard small :slight_smile:
Thanks for the link!

#109

It’s super small, indeed, but it makes working with the TT more like videogame, it allows you to carry the keyboard at a live gig, and play with it live, even just to hit on the F1 - F9 buttons and modify scripts. Plus it’s so much easier to work wireless.

I absolutely love it, and since the code is never that large, writing with all fingers isn’t necessary.

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#110

I figured it would be good to start a thread on compatible wireless keyboards for the Teletype. Are there any? I recently purchased one which came with a 2.4ghz dongle - I was assuming it would just work but alas it doesn’t.

This Microsoft keyboard has mixed reports of it working: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00IICMUWS

Are there any others? Any smaller than the Microsoft one?

#111

Hmm, there wasn’t a thread for this already?

I’m using a Logitech K780. If you link the Logitech Unifying dongle using a PC (or presumably a Mac), you can then plug it into Teletype instead. The K780 can switch between multiple Bluetooth or Unifying devices with a keypress, so normally I switch it between my PC and Teletype.

(But right now I have a different keyboard hooked up to my PC, because I’m working from home and somehow the K780 felt all wrong for developing in Visual Studio.)

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#112

I did a search but could only find the odd message here and there in deeper threads. Thanks for the tip, will look into that keyboard.

#113

new to teletype and i’ve been thinking a lot about keyboards in the brief time we’ve been just friends.

  • the included keyboard is fine
  • have a little mini keyboard, the ones for rpi with a dongly and a little crummy trackpad. they’re tiny and work as you’d expect. with teletype, the main benefit (built in mouse) doesn’t matter, so
  • found a cheapo mechanical with a USB dongle instead of bluetooth. there’s not much in this “consumer demographic”, all the actually cool wireless keyboards are bluetooth. that’s on the way
  • iv’e already been trying to find the right qmk keyboard for a long time and keep bailing. teletype has increased the urgency of this dramatically. the thing with qmk is it’s extremely customizable (if not user-friendly). the more important thing with qmk to me, is that you can apparently do straight up midi https://beta.docs.qmk.fm/developing-qmk/qmk-internals-in-progress/internals_midi_device

and then there’s at least one analog mechanical keyboard https://wooting.io/wootingone

the perfect mechanical keyboard does not exist, but it’s nice to know that all the pieces are laying around,
in case anyone wanted to make a velocity sensitive midi controller that uses mechanical keyboard keys.

velocity aside, I’m quite interested in the possibilities of a qmk keyboard with teletype. automating the keyboard could have interesting results, but seems like you could also set things up to act a bit like a grids. also, some of the easier to actually get a hold of qmk boards are ortholinear, which seems like an OK layout for a homemade grids.

Anyway, hi, that’s my dump, any of ya’ll bonked teletype and qmk together? or have any musically fruitful luck with using any kind of programmable keyboard with teletype?

#114

I got this cheapish mechanical keyboard, works a treat.

#115

Also went with a mechanical keyboard, absolutely love it!

Edit: red dragon K552 ten-keyless mechanical keyboard

#116

Once again, if you buy a keyboard with backlightinf, make sure that your Teletype is from the latest batch (I think the PCB is a different color and there are more i2c ports IIRC). Older ones do not like the power draw of backlit keyboards and tend to crash because of that.

#117

Best way to tell is the black PCB. Otherwise, you’ll need the backpack to properly power the keyboard or a grid.

#118

:triangular_flag_on_post:
The backpack does not provide extra USB power! It only adds pull-up resistors and extra headers for the I2C bus!
:triangular_flag_on_post:

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#119

Yes, that is true. There is no way to get extra power from on older TT (green PCB). I conflated the two.

#120

I bought the mini wireless keyboard mentioned here

The model is Riitek Rii mini 8. The wireless connection is fine.

Unfortunately, I got the Azerty version instead of Qwerty… There’s no way to change the keyboard layout on Teletype, right ?

#121

I don’t think the Teletype likes QMK. Just got this and I was having issues with my Hadron :confused:

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