On Wed, Mar 08, 2017 at 08:02:56PM -0800, Phil Hagelberg wrote:
Harlan Shoop <harlan.shoop@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
Now, the "inside" right-hand column (f-d-b-space) is unresponsive. All
other keys work as expected. Shorting the contacts on the switches in
this column does not produce characters. I suspected the solder joints
for the new Atmel board and carefully reflowed all connections on both
the Atmel board and the switch board but still have the same problem. I
also reprogrammed the board just in case, but the dead column remains.
Sorry to hear you're having trouble with this. It's possible that the
pin on the controller itself was damaged somehow. Try shorting the pin
for that column to a pin for one of the rows to confirm.
If that pin is actually damaged, it's possible to remap that column to
an unused pin and connect the column to it using hookup wire. You can
then change the firmware to use this alternate pin instead. Here's an
example of moving column 2 to the PB1 pin in order to route around
damage to PF7.
https://github.com/technomancy/tmk_keyboard/commit/fbfd9c092dc940a5dc377aada7d067fa53f1c2c6
Does that make sense? Let me know if you have any trouble making the fix
and I can try to explain in greater detail.
-Phil
