DIY Solution: Integrating Apple Touch ID into Custom Mechanical Keyboards
By
thomasjb
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Summary
The article discusses the author's experience hacking Apple's Touch ID hardware from a Magic Keyboard to integrate it into a custom mechanical keyboard setup. It explains that Apple's protective stance on Touch ID hardware prevents third-party mechanical keyboards from including the feature, forcing users to resort to DIY solutions that involve disassembling Apple hardware and 3D printing custom enclosures.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledBut because Apple's so protective of their Touch ID hardware, there aren't any mechanical keyboards with that feature built in.
It's incredibly wasteful, and takes a bit more patience than I think most people have, but you basically take an Apple Magic Keyboard with Touch ID, rip out the Touch ID, and install it in a 3D printed box, along with the keyboard's logic board.
I'm far from the first person to do this—the first time I saw it done was this Snazzy Labs video.
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