Issue 120 / Keyboard Builders' Digest
Keyboard Builders' Digest #120
Check out the new issue with awesome projects, tips and ideas!
Hey y'all,
Here are the posts I thought were worth sharing this week:
- Kurp is a 36-key ortholinear keyboard – open-sourced by quirk.
- Cole Smith's smol is a symmetric staggered monoblock split with the same small flippable PCB for both halves, stuck together by the controller.
- Georgiy Krikun shared the files of his kpukboard, a low-pro split with choc minis and posh battery cover.
- AlSaMoMo's Wizza is a 30-key split board with a couple of extra features.
- Ming-Gih Lam published the ArtPad, a double-purpose macropad and artisan tray in one.
- Another project by Ming-Gih Lam: Mod Mmm PCB for the IBM Model M to turn it into a hotswap MX keyboard.
- Joe Scotto's latest handwired project is a unibody split: ScottoErgo with aviator connector.
- Ximi V1 is here after last year's slightly different prototype. Sadek Baroudi put a lot of features in this 36/42 split keyboard.
- Keebmonkey sent me a TWS, a fully wireless split with some nice features. I've been using it for a week now and posted a quick review. The board will be released in a couple of days.
- A 3D-printed numpad case by keynoted, matching his daily driver Phase One 65.
- The WIP Elkhorn by Ire_tional is a stunning wireless split prototype with powder printed keywell.
- Hanachi is back with ALIEN88, a rather gaming-oriented low-profile keyboard with unique key spacing.
Behind the Scenes
This week’s topics of my behind the scenes series:
Quick news, TWS, tests, new shops and discounts, meetups, etc.
This issue’s supporters
splitkb.com, MoErgo Glove80, u/chad3814, Aiksplace, @keebio, MKUltra, Upgrade Keyboards, @kaleid1990, Sean Grady, Cyboard, cdc, Jacob Mikesell, KEEBD, ghsear.ch, u/motfalcon, kiyejoco, littlemer-the-second, Bob Cotton, FFKeebs, Christian Lo, Richard Sutherland, Jason Hazel, @therick0996, Joel Simpson, Lev Popov, Christian Mladenov, Daniel Nikolov, Spencer Blackwood, Yuan Liu, Skyler Thuss, u/eighty58five, Caleb Rand, Schnoor Typography, Mats Faugli, Davidjohn Gerena, Jurek Breuninger, Fabian Suceveanu, Hating TheFruit, anonymous, James McCleese, Benjamin Bell, Matthias Goffette.
(You are awesome! Thanks everyone!)
Weekly keyboard art
Kernel85 by irzathepegasus (source).