https://www.chorder.org/wiki-m/ 2026-04-22T16:22:04+00:00 https://www.chorder.org/wiki-m/ https://www.chorder.org/wiki-m/lib/exe/fetch.php/favicon.ico text/html 2023-02-09T23:32:10+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.chorder.org/wiki-m/doku.php/spiffchorder/2009-03-build?rev=1675985530&do=diff March 2009 Build Project We decided to build a few desktop spiffchorders and document the process to make it easier for folks to build their first chorder. Eventually this page will contain start to finish photos and instructions for making a desktop spiffchorder in an old vhs cassette case. Currently, it has some photos of the process. text/html 2023-02-09T23:32:10+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.chorder.org/wiki-m/doku.php/spiffchorder/2010-03-leather?rev=1675985530&do=diff March 2010 Leather Desktop Chorder Sunday afternoon project. This right hand chorder uses the atmega168 chip. It is built on a Radio Shack 276-150 printed circuit board which greatly reduces the need to run wires around. It uses Cherry keyswithches with replacement lighter weight springs. It was used to create and edit this wiki page. text/html 2023-02-09T23:32:10+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.chorder.org/wiki-m/doku.php/spiffchorder/buildit?rev=1675985530&do=diff Build it Yourself A few of us are putting together 4 chorders in our spare time over the next few days. This endeavor will be documented March 2009 build project pages. --- Greg Priest-Dorman 2009/03/25 15:14 A leather spiffcorder put together in March of 2010 --- Greg Priest-Dorman 2010/03/21 15:38 Hardware Build the electronics Build the interface Chordset Make you own or use one of ours text/html 2024-02-12T07:44:37+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.chorder.org/wiki-m/doku.php/spiffchorder/chorder_construction?rev=1707723877&do=diff Build a Chorder With the spiffchorder you are free to put any kind of key switches on any kind of surface or material and make it a chorder.  Plastic, leather and cloth have been successfully used as the base materiel and a variety of items ranging from conventional keyboard switches to conductive fibers have been used for the text/html 2023-02-09T23:32:10+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.chorder.org/wiki-m/doku.php/spiffchorder/chordpics?rev=1675985530&do=diff chord image options Half Size 2 different ways to do the pictures, The “A” showing all of the keys, the “P” showing the first press as the thumb only buttons. What do you think? □■■■ □■□ text/html 2023-02-09T23:32:10+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.chorder.org/wiki-m/doku.php/spiffchorder/chord_creation?rev=1675985530&do=diff Creating Your Own Chordset for the Spiffchorder Layout or How Many Thumbs? Code Considerations 3 modes available keycodes.h The [keycodes.h] file contains the names you will assign to your chords. Unless you want to rewright some of the code (which you are more than welcome to do) you are restrictied to these key codes. They are the usb keyboard key codes, the codes for the spiffchorder mode manipulation and some special codes that are translated by the program into a sequence of usb key c… text/html 2025-02-28T19:33:26+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.chorder.org/wiki-m/doku.php/spiffchorder/faq?rev=1740771206&do=diff SpiffChorder FAQ - What exactly is the SpiffChorder? The SpiffChorder is an implementation of chording keyboard Chorded keyboard. It is an input device where characters are typed by pressing multiple keys at the same time. It was designed to entirely replace a computer keyboard. Specifically, the SpiffChorder consists of the hardware and software needed to emulate a conventional usb keyboard in an object or objects with only a small number of keys or switches on it. For the purposes of buil… text/html 2023-02-09T23:32:10+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.chorder.org/wiki-m/doku.php/spiffchorder/hardware?rev=1675985530&do=diff SpiffChorder hardware The image below shows the schematics for the SpiffChorder hardware. The interface to the USB connection is handled with a few passive components. Since the USB communication is handled by bit-banging in the software, an accurate clock source is needed. A 12.000 text/html 2025-02-04T01:14:40+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.chorder.org/wiki-m/doku.php/spiffchorder/latest_build?rev=1738631680&do=diff Download the Latest Build Bluetooth Low Energy Chorder This is the latest device. It has been split out to it's own page. The BLE Build FeatherChorder The above link does not get you the build, but it takes you to the FeatherChorder pages and you can get it from there. Bluetooth Chorder text/html 2025-08-17T12:47:58+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.chorder.org/wiki-m/doku.php/spiffchorder/modified_microwiter?rev=1755434878&do=diff This chordset will be based on the microwriter alphabet chords but will use qwerty bindings for shifted keys. If you are a user of the microwriter chords and want input into the bindings in the chordset please contact me. -Greg Greg Priest-Dorman text/html 2025-02-04T01:39:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.chorder.org/wiki-m/doku.php/spiffchorder/modified_nasa?rev=1738633174&do=diff Modified NASA keybindings *NOTE*: These are the chords I use. The code of the spiffchorder can be easily modified allowing you to set the chords any way you like. This just happens to be what I am use to. -Greg A few general notes As a general rule the spiffchorder is using the standard key-bindings were possible. This is a benefit as most of you are coming to chording already familiar with the QWERTY keyboard. As such prefixing a chord with text/html 2025-02-15T20:20:32+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.chorder.org/wiki-m/doku.php/spiffchorder/sample_layout?rev=1739650832&do=diff Component Layout With around two dozen total components its hard to go wrong.  The chorder can be built on perfboard, stripboard, wirewrap or your can etch a pcb board.  If you create a layout, please send it to us, your layout may be just what someone else needs to help them build their board!  Please be sure to clearly state how you want to be listed when we post it.  From Name and email address (obfuscated by the wiki) to total anonymity, we will do our best to accommodate your request. Comp… text/html 2023-02-09T23:32:10+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.chorder.org/wiki-m/doku.php/spiffchorder/sidebar?rev=1675985530&do=diff SpiffChorder homedownloadelectronicschorderdefault chordsetcreate a chordset text/html 2025-08-17T12:45:32+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.chorder.org/wiki-m/doku.php/spiffchorder/start?rev=1755434732&do=diff Greg, Mikkel, a spiffchorder (on Greg) and the Staples parking lot that made it all possible SpiffChorder Project Spaceman Spiff's Chording Keyboard Experiment (or SpiffChorder for short) is an experimental platform for creating a USB chording keyboard. Stable, reliable and up to the demands of daily use the SpiffChorder is an alternative to conventional keyboards that is simple enough to be built as a first time electronics project. At the same time, the design allows for modification of t… text/html 2023-02-09T23:48:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.chorder.org/wiki-m/doku.php/spiffchorder/tabs?rev=1675986531&do=diff Introduction Sample Chordset Chording Tips hardware Creating you own chordset text/html 2023-02-09T23:32:10+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.chorder.org/wiki-m/doku.php/spiffchorder/tips?rev=1675985530&do=diff Chording Tips *NOTE* I use the modified nasa keybindings.  Any chord references below are to the chords in that mapping. -Greg “”“”“”modified nasa“”“”“” text/html 2025-02-14T19:51:36+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.chorder.org/wiki-m/doku.php/spiffchorder/todo?rev=1739562696&do=diff A Combined ToDo and Bug list Here are items we know need to be fixed or features we would like to add to the USB or the BLE versions of the chorder. text/html 2023-02-09T23:32:10+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.chorder.org/wiki-m/doku.php/spiffchorder/todo_archive?rev=1675985530&do=diff Todo List Archive text/html 2023-02-09T23:32:10+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.chorder.org/wiki-m/doku.php/spiffchorder/twidlette?rev=1675985530&do=diff Twidlette chordset The idea for the Twidlette is to use the thumb only for modifiers like shift, alt, esc, ctrl, number-pad  and use the fingers for everything else.  Here is the proposal pinky gets 1 key, each other finger gets 2 keys which can be pressed either separately or together.  This gives (2x3x3x3)-1 unique chords or 53 unique chords on the fingers.  The finger buttons would look something like this: text/html 2023-02-09T23:32:10+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.chorder.org/wiki-m/doku.php/spiffchorder/using_the_atmega8?rev=1675985530&do=diff Using the ATmega8 If you build your SpiffChorder with an ATmega8 instead of the ATmega168 you will need to make one or two changes to the Makefile. You will also need to set the fuses differently when you program the chip. All these changes are documented here.