How a College Freshman's Keyboard Project Became the nice!nano Microcontroller
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Summary
Nick Winans shares the story of creating the nice!nano, a wireless Pro Micro-compatible microcontroller board, during his freshman year of college. What started as a personal project to build a DIY wireless keyboard over winter break evolved into a product that has powered tens of thousands of keyboards, inspired many in the mechanical keyboard community, and fundamentally changed his life and career trajectory.
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Over my first winter break in college, I created what I called the Dissatisfaction65, a wireless 65% keyboard inspired by the Satisfaction75.
I don't remember exactly why, but I wanted to try making a DIY wireless keyboard after having made a few wired ones.
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