Olpc Keyboard Replacement

Concept

The idea is to replace the Olpc's fumbly membrane keyboard with something more apt for touch typing. This Project is Based on the two part Instructable:

   Installing a USB Keyboard into an OLPC XO Laptop, Phase I 
   http://www.instructables.com/id/S62PQCZFCA43JDN/

   Finishing the Job: Installing a USB Keyboard into an OLPC XO Laptop, Phase II 
   http://www.instructables.com/id/Finishing-the-Job-Installing-a-USB-Keyboard-into-/

Members

Eric Hanley

Ingredients

Part 1. [1]

1. A new keyboard (see step 1)
2. Dremel tool or equivalent in sweat and pain
3. A jeweler's large phillips screwdriver, or one of those double-ended freebies they used to give away at IT-related conventions
4. Lots of cellophane tape (or hundreds of tiny helpers who don't mind being sealed inside your XO forever)
5. A desoldering iron (optional)
6. An XO laptop from OLPC, preferably one that has a keyboard problem.

Part 2.[2]

1. A jeweler's large phillips screwdriver (hopefully you haven't lost yours since Phase I)
2. The needliest needle-nosed pliers you can find
3. A pair of wire cutters or very small tin snips
4. A wire stripper set one notch below "angel hair"
5. A pair of scissors
6. A multimeter or a battery soldered to two wires and an LED, for continuity testing
7. One piece of cellophane tape (sorry cello fans)
8. A soldering iron
9. Solder (preferably lead-free)
10. Something to block the USB port your new keyboard will now permanently occupy, or a good memory for which port never, ever to use again
11. An OLPC XO laptop, preferably one that has an unsightly USB cable hanging out the back

Directions

http://www.instructables.com/id/S62PQCZFCA43JDN/

http://www.instructables.com/id/Finishing-the-Job-Installing-a-USB-Keyboard-into-/