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-Firmware for a DIY controller replacement for one of the ortholinear contoured
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-keyboards manufactured by [PCD Maltron Ltd](https://www.maltron.com)
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+Using QMK with one of the ortholinear contoured keyboards manufactured by [PCD
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+Maltron Ltd](https://www.maltron.com) by modding it with a DIY replacement
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+controller.
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This work here in no way officially associated with PCD Maltron Ltd and comes
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-with NO WARRANTY. Modifying your Maltron keyboard as described below will
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-certainly void your warranty and may cause damage to your keyboard. Proceed
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-at your own risk!
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+with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by applicable law.
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+Modifying your Maltron keyboard as described below will certainly void your
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+warranty and may e.g. cause damage to your keyboard. Proceed at your own risk!
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* maintainer: [David Kuehling](https://github.com/dvdkhlng/qmk_firmware_dqz11n1g)
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* Hardware Supported: Maltron DQz11N1G with a replacement controller board
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- assembled as described below. The work here is based on a german version
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+ assembled as described below. The work here is based on a German version
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of the keyboard: DQz11N1G-DE. I assume, but don't know for sure, that
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minor or no changes at all are required to make this work on different
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language versions of the keyboard.
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* Hardware Availability:
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* [PCD Maltron Ltd](https://www.maltron.com), for the original keyboard
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* 1x [Arduino Pro Micro](https://www.sparkfun.com/products/12640)
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- * 3x [SN74HC165](https://www.ti.com/product/SN74HC165)
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+ * 3x shift register [SN74HC165](https://www.ti.com/product/SN74HC165)
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+ * 3x ceramic blocking capacitors (100 nF) one for each shift register
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* 1x DIL connector 2 rows a 17 pins.
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* 19x pull-down resistors (10k Ohm),
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* 4 LED current limiting resistors (not sure about the correct resistance,
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@@ -31,7 +33,7 @@ Make example for this keyboard (after setting up your build environment):
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## In Detail
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-[PCD Maltron Ltd](https://www.maltron.com) manufacturs ergonomic keyboards
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+[PCD Maltron Ltd](https://www.maltron.com) manufactures ergonomic keyboards
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that appear to be hand-wired internally. For the Maltron DQz11N1G-DE
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keyboard that I happen to own, the keyboard matrix is wired to a 34-pin DIL
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connector. This makes it rather easy to replace the proprietary
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@@ -57,7 +59,7 @@ board which is still easy to source.
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Unfortunately pin-count of the DQz11N1G-DE's keyboard matrix is way beyond
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the Pro Micro's available I/O pin count. I'm using three 8-bit
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shift-registers ([SN74HC165](https://www.ti.com/product/SN74HC165) ) to
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-connect the 19 colums of the keyboard matrix for readout. Due to diode
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+connect the 19 columns of the keyboard matrix for readout. Due to diode
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direction in DQz11N1G-DE we also need 19 pull-down resistors one for each of
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the utilized shift-register inputs.
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