Klacking Keypad Build Guide Control Board

Make sure you have completed building the Power Board before building the Control Board.

Gather Face Plate, Bolts, Spacers and Acrylic Plate

Peel off the protective tape from the acrylic plate.

The notches on the sides are to avoid the header pins on the Control Board. The larger hole is for the spacer bolt. Make sure these are in the correct position before placing on the Control Board.

Place Long M2 Bolts and Long White Spacers

You might need to twist the spacers to get them in place.

Place Acrylic Plate on Top of White Spacers

Make sure the acrylic plate hole is on the correct side.

Place Short Spacers on Top of Acrylic Plate

Make Sure Bolt and Standoff are in Place on the Control Board Before Next Step

Place Thonkiconns. Don't Solder Yet.

Place Face Plate on Top of Control Board

This can be tricky. The goal here is to put the faceplate with spacers and support plate on top of the control board without anything falling out of place. Keep the Control Board with Thonkiconns flat. The Thonkiconns will fall out of place if you tilt the Control Board. You could use small pieces of tape to hold the spacers in place when flipping the faceplate over. Remove the tape when the M2 bolts are through the Control Board.

Place Thonkiconn Nuts

Place Remaining Spacers and Nuts on the M2 Bolts

Tighten the nuts until the end of the M2 bolt is flush with the nut.

Solder the Thonkiconn Jacks

Place the Keyswitches

Check to make sure the keyswitch pins are not bent before placing them. Put each keyswitch in place, check pins from back of Control Board. If you can see the pins through the holes, push them through. The keyswitches will snap into place. They should be flat on the Control Board PCB before Soldering.