Issue 104 / Keyboard Builders' Digest
Keyboard Builders’ Digest #104
Check out the new issue with awesome projects, tips and ideas!
Giveaway follow-up
Make sure you frequently check your spam folder these days. Just saying… ;)
Here is the giveaway page with the results/winners updated continuously. As you can see, I barely started notifying the winners. This will take a few more days/weeks.
MK Advent Calendar
I published the still WIP landing page of the first KBD.NEWS Advent Calendar! :D
Hey y'all,
Here are the posts I thought were worth sharing this week:
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TOTEM is an open-source split keyboard by GEIST sporting Seeed XIAOs.
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The SPC EVDR by weteor is a cute ortholinear keyboard with a little twist: offset space cluster.
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Oisín Carrol published an open-source 60% split acrylic keyboard: the handwired Puzzle.
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Another Raspberry Pi Pico based keyboard: Budgy by keyboarddweebs. And the previous design of Alex, the monoblock Crowboard, has been around for half a year now, but I only recently learned it’s open-source. Better late than never. :D
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The Crepe is a 40-key ultrathin ortholinear keyboard with Kailh X Switches – shared by quirk.
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Seili- built a Disorder30, mkylama's macropad design mimicking the 75% look.
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Pi5 is a monoblock angled ortho keyboard open sourced by ihihbs.
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The Kiai-Split by jammerkiai is an open-source 34-key keyboard using XIAO BLE controllers.
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This is a subjective list of my favorite projects submitted to the Seeed keyboard competition.
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And let me introduce a new and exciting seasonal column and special issue: the KBD.NEWS Advent Calendar 2022! :D
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Tips: A comparison of trackball bearings: (cheap) rollers, BTU's and static bearings – by wiwilwi.
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The Disconnect MK1 is a pretty unique split by hid:ergo – with a single thumb cluster and trackpad.
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Finally: Another "LEGO" keyboard kit: Adam by KBDcraft.
This issue’s supporters
splitkb.com, MoErgo Glove80, PCBWay, Aiksplace, @keebio, u/chad3814, MKUltra, @kaleid1990, Sean Grady, Cyboard, ghsear.ch, cdc, u/motfalcon, kiyejoco, KEEBD, Bob Cotton, Jacob Mikesell, FFKeebs, @therick0996, Richard Sutherland, Joel Simpson, Keebstuff, littlemer-the-second, Lev Popov, Christian Mladenov, Christian Lo, Spencer Blackwood, Yuan Liu, Upgrade Keyboards, Daniel Nikolov, Skyler Thuss, u/eighty58five, Davidjohn Gerena, Caleb Rand, Fabian Suceveanu, Arto Olli, anonymous, Hating TheFruit
(You are awesome! Thanks everyone!)
Behind the Scenes
This week’s topics of my behind the scenes series:
Giveaway follow-up, advent calendar line-up announced, new vendors/discounts, etc.
Weekly keyboard art
Binary typewriter by Leevï Galita (source).