MODE keyboard

An hand-wired RGB mechanical keyboard.

Hardware

The case design can be found in the folder case. It is composed of layers of 3mm acrylic sheets. This is typically how homemade keyboard cases are made and I tried to follow the recipe as closely as possible, using tools from the community.
The LibreOffice Draw file case.odg is a conceptual view of the case and is easier to read.
The electronic circuitry can be found in mk.fzz, which is a Fritzing file.

Switches & LEDs: Purple Zealio + mountable RGB LEDs from ZealPC
Case: custom made with 3mm acrylic sheets, M2 screws and M2 spacers
Micro-controller: Teensy 3.2
LED drivers: TLC5940
Connectors LED drivers <-> LEDs: 30AWG wires and machine screws pin headers
Connectors Teensy 3.2 <-> LED drivers <-> LED drivers: 24AWG wires
Others: cheapest double-sided perfboards (the green boards) from eBay, 100pF capacitors (as stated in the TLC5940 datasheets) and a 2SD734 transistor.

The code is developped for the Teensy 3.2 using the Teensyduino software addon for Arduino. It can be found in the folder code.
In the folder code, type ./make.sh to compile and send the firmware to the Teensy.

In an ideal V2, I want:

[hardware] PCB with surface-mounted components.
[hardware] Wireless over Bluetooth.
[hardware] Additional USB port to plug my mouse.
[hardware] Add underglow, maybe a backlit logo.
[hardware] Another kind of switches, maybe Matias Quiet Click switches.
[firmware] Programmable layout over wireless.
[firmware] Animation system for lightning effects.
[firmware] I want my window manager in Linux (i3) to send context information to the keyboard so I can load contextual layouts.