I made a mistake while ordering the parts for the Ferris Sweep: I only ordered one 301230 battery. I ordered the other one, but the >1 month delivery time is a bit long. I am wondering if it is possible to solder and build the keyboard now, while only installing battery in one of the sides, and use the only side only with USB-C. If yes, I have two more questions:
- Which side should I install the battery in? From my understanding, one of the sides usually works as a “hub” for the other side
- Is it easy to add the battery to a already assembled keyboard in the future?
- Are there any good tutorials for assembling the wireless variant of the Ferris Sweep? I have mostly been able to find resources for the wired versions.
Thank you! It seems I might be able to just start the build process. Is it easy to install the battery later? I would assume I might need to remove the nice!nano and reinstall it? Would I then need to desolder?
@nan_1337 @Gumshoe do yourself a favor and socket the mcu. You’re going to hate nothing as much as desoldering an MCU again
I am super sorry for being such a noob, but can
be used to socket the board? And if yes: Do I solder the ones with pins only on one side to the pcb and the other ones to stick into the holes and solder to the nice!nano?
@nan_1337 if they fit each other (and the PCB) the „standard“ would be to solder the sockets to the PCB and the headers to the MCU. And no worries, everyone sarted somewhere 😉
I installed my battery after installing my nice!nano, so no, you wouldn’t need to desolder your controller to install the battery, even if you directly solder your controller instead of using sockets.