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+====== Note For Mobile Users ======
+/* I have a different template that seems to work for mobile browsers.
+ To move from "desktop" layout to "moble" layout add a "-m" to the "wiki" part of the URL.*/
+All pages in this wiki can be reformatted for smaller screens.
+Replace **/wiki/** with **/wiki-m/** in the URL for the mobile version.((I have no doubt there is a more elegant solution, but for now this is what I've got.))
+^ Desktop or tablet ^ moble |
+|[[https://www.chorder.org/wiki/]]| [[https://www.chorder.org/wiki-m/]]|
+====== Recent Changes 2025 ======
+  * [[featherchorder|BLE chorder has been updated!]]
+  * [[featherchorder#code|USB chorder now implimented on the RP2040 and ESP32-S3]]
+  * [[3d_printer_files|A flat (not angled) case bottom for the existing 3D printed case has been added]]
+  * [[nrf52|nRF52840 BLE & USB Chorder (experimental)]]
+  * [[spiffchorder:modified_nasa:chart_function_keys|Chordmaps updated to include board specific chords]]
+  * Name change in the works, the new featherChorder code is being used on several boards that are not Feathers. So a renaming is soon to come...
+  * [[start?do=recent|Full list of recent wiki changes]]
 ====== Welcome to Chorder ======
-| [[prespiff_chorders:start|{{wire.jpg?140|my original wire chorder prototype}}]] | [[spiffchorder:start|{{dsback.jpg?130|my chorder since 1998}}]]  |[[spiffchorder:start|{{iswcinterview-chorder.png?140|}}]]|[[spiffchorder:2010-03-leather|{{spiffchorder:2010.03.lc.final.jpg?146|2010 desktop chorder}}]]|
+| [[prespiff_chorders:start|{{wire.jpg?140|my original wire chorder prototype}}]] | [[spiffchorder:start|{{dsback.jpg?130|my chorder since 1998}}]]  |[[spiffchorder:start|{{iswcinterview-chorder.png?140|}}]]|[[spiffchorder:2010-03-leather|{{spiffchorder:2010.03.lc.final.jpg?146|2010 desktop chorder}}]]| [[nrf52|{{:seeednrf52840-first-try-closed.jpg?200| 2025 nRF52840 based chorder}}]] |
-|  [[prespiff_chorders:start|early prototype]]  |  [[spiffchorder:start|1998 version in daily use with spiffchorder]]  ||  [[spiffchorder:2010-03-leather|desktop version]]  |
+|  [[prespiff_chorders:start|early prototype]]  |  [[spiffchorder:start|1998 version in daily use with spiffchorder]]  ||  [[spiffchorder:2010-03-leather|desktop version]]  | [[nrf52| nRF52840 desktop ]](("Franken-Chorder" as it's made from 3d parts and acrylic from 3 different chorder case projects)) |
+This website contains information on building and using a home made 7 key [[wp>chording keyboard]]. At this point it also contains information on some previous versions of the device.
+I have been using this device or one of its predecessors since the mid 1980's, by 1995 it has been a full function chorder and replaced any conventional keyboards I would have otherwise used. It works with my phone, tablet,[[people:priestdo:wearables:start|Herbert]] my wearable computer(s), and conventional laptop and desktop machines. There are both USB and BLE((Bluetooth Low Energy))  versions that long ago proved themselves robust enough for daily use.  As of 2025 both USB and BLE are using adafruit boards. The Spiffchorder was the first extensible build, but after 15 years my last spiffchorder, while still functional, has been retired in favor of version requiring far fewer separate components.
+===== Earlier USB Chorder =====
+For those interested in a pre-arduino build, the final version of the ([[spiffchorder:start|SpiffChorder Project]]) is still available. This was a major upgrade on my earlier chorders and  was made possible through the work done by [[http://symlink.dk/contact/contact.php |Mikkel Holm Olsen]].
+===== Current (2025) USB & BLE Chorders  =====
+The current BLE and USB versions ([[featherchorder|FeatherChorder]]) was first coded in 2015-2016 as a BLE chorder and an upgrade of the earlier BT version. In 2025 it was revised, improved, and split into both a BLE and USB version with the help of Zach Lash.
-This website contains information on building and using a home made 7 key [[wp>chording keyboard]].
+We are currently working on a new combined BLE and USB version. Additionally there are still some improvements I hope will happen with the Featherchorder, specifically I am hoping a newer BLE feather will allow AES encryption and power saving functions.  Currently there is only an on/off switch. I would like to have the device go into low power or off state when idle on it's own.
-I have been using this device or one of its predecessors since the mid 1980's, by 1995 it has been a full function chorder and my primary keyboard with my phone, tablet,[[people:priestdo:wearables:start|Herbert]] my wearable computer, and conventional desktop machines. There are both USB and BLE((Bluetooth Low Energy)) versions robust enough for daily use.  The current version of the USB chorder ([[spiffchorder:start|SpiffChorder Project]]) is detected as a normal USB keyboard by the host computer.  This was made possible through the work done by [[http://symlink.dk/contact/contact.php |Mikkel Holm Olsen]]. The BLE version ([[featherchorder|FeatherChorder]]) was coded in 2015-2016 as an upgrade of the earlier BT version.
+These pages are in transition as this site was originally all about the spiffchorder.  If you are looking to build *right now* please write me directly so you are starting with the best current implementation.
-As of 2025 with the help of some friends we are working on a new USB version and a combined BLE and USB version.  They will be here once ready!  If you want to build and test either of these before then, please contact me.
 /!Some of the instructions found here involve using sharp tools and soldering irons.  We make no claims as to the safety of such activities.!/