Orbital Eclipse LCD Keyboard Mod




Boxgods som står bag en masse flotte og kreative casemods er nu tilbage med en ny artikel som denne gang beskriver hvordan man benytter et Matrix Orbital USB display i forskellige projekter. Selv har de monteret på et Saitekkeyboard, hvilket ser pænt godt ud.



I have really wanted to use one of Matrix Orbital's new USB LCD's in a project for quite some time now, and the opportunity recently presented itself when I reviewed the Eclipse keyboard from Saitek—you can read that review here. My only real beef with this awesome keyboard is the fact that Saitek got it so right that I couldn't think of anything I would mod on it—and as you know, stock is not an option around here. Having painted their gaming version of this keyboard, I had had a good look at the inner workings, and changing the LED's from the sexy blue to a red or green was not really something I wanted to do.

If there wasn't anything that needed changing, then I would just have to add something. A quick trip to CrazyPC turned up the very nice USB LCD's from Matrix Orbital. Now we had a plan, and as you can see, it turned out rather nice. Read on for a review of the LK202-24-USB, a quick look at some very handy software called LCDC used to run your LCD, and a short how-to for those who might want to make their own Orbital Eclipse mod.