Issue #139 - Keyboard Builders' Digest
Keyboard Builders' Digest // Issue #139
Check out this week's editorial with awesome projects, tips and ideas!
Hey y'all,
Here are some of the posts I thought were worth sharing this week:
- Thorium is a small ortholinear split keyboard by note96e.
- RaphCoder13 designed Birdy44, a handwired split with dual trackpads and tented case.
- Etienne Collin's Wave is a reversible split Ferris/Sweep derivative with Mini DIN 4 connectors.
- Sergei Silnov's Crabapplepad is a minimalistic, ultra low-pro foldable split keyboard with X switches.
- (Another) Sergei shared his PUR keyboard, an ortholinear one with offset spacebar and bent metal sheet case.
- STHLM kb announced Större, an easy-to-build 75% keyboard kit with exposed diode cluster and using only through-hole components.
- Oak Ninja published a 3D printed EC12 encoder knob with skirt.
- Commercial: Keeb.io announced Iris CE (Compact Edition), a low-profile Choc Iris PCB and keyboard.
- Tools: keyboard-info.com is a place to compare 3D keyboard models with AR view on mobile. Figma layout designer by Accomplished Table561, a tool to make visuals of your keyboard for reference, e.g. while learning a new layout. FAK is a keyboard firmware for the cheap CH55x series chips.
You can find many more quick news and resources in my weekly editorial write-up, MK meetup calendar and keyboard shop database -- with 500+ keyboard vendors, 100+ of them offering various discounts and coupons for you!
This issue’s supporters
splitkb.com, MoErgo Glove80, u/chad3814, Aiksplace, @keebio, Upgrade Keyboards, Cyboard, Sean Grady, @kaleid1990, Jacob Mikesell, Jason Hazel, KEEBD, kiyejoco, littlemer-the-second, ghsear.ch, u/motfalcon, Christian Lo, Bob Cotton, FFKeebs, @therick0996, Joel Simpson, Lev Popov, Christian Mladenov, Daniel Nikolov, u/eighty58five, Caleb Rand, Schnoor Typography, Spencer Blackwood, Yuan Liu, Mats Faugli, TurtleKeebs, Benjamin Bell, James McCleese, Ben M, Matthias Goffette, Davidjohn Gerena, Hating TheFruit, Spencer Dabell, zzeneg, Anatolii Smolianinov, Penk Chen, Clacky, Aubrey Williams.
(You are awesome! Thanks everyone!)
Weekly keyboard art
Fossilized sea snail artisan keycaps by KeycapQuarry.