Issue #140 - Keyboard Builders' Digest
Keyboard Builders' Digest // Issue #140
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:
- A piece of history. Check out the 1976 Videoton VT-340 display terminal post. I learned a lot while writing it, e.g. about obscure things like cable lacing. And I may have "discovered" an undocumented keyswitch variant.
- Sebastian Stumpf shared the files of his Abomination, a classy split keyboard with trackpad and some splay.
- PrimeNumber shared the files of the handwired Lattice60, an ortholinear keyboard with standard keycaps and low-poly case.
- After Sporewoh's bancouver40, Chosfox has two other compact Choc-spaced orthos on offer (pre-sale!): minipeg48 & kowgary16. (I owe you a Bancouver-review, hopefully next week.)
- Ming-Gih Lam is back with a new project: MidEvil is an orthoish/Alice monoblock split keyboard with a numpad in the middle.
- MickiusMousius shared the updated Rolio 0.9, a premium split keyboard in a nice aluminum chassis.
- Giraffasax updated the SpUnly58. Iteration V1.2 of this monoblock split comes with adjusted spacing, splay, and stagger.
- BeeKeeb's Leo introduced the open-source Corne GLP, a variant specifically designed for Gateron low-profile hotswap sockets.
- Felix Kuehling released the updated hex keycaps for his Mantis keyboard. They look spectacular!
- Inspiration: This sphere keyboard and wireless air mouse is the creation of Pavlo Khmel -- with STLs. And Chris Trotter added some pedals to his setup: ArcPad & ArcPedals -- QMK-powered feet spaceships!
You can find even 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, Schnoor Typography, Caleb Rand, Skyler Thuss, Spencer Blackwood, Yuan Liu, Mats Faugli, TurtleKeebs, Benjamin Bell, James McCleese, Matthias Goffette, Ben M, zzeneg, Davidjohn Gerena, Hating TheFruit, Anatolii Smolianinov, Spencer Dabell, Penk Chen, Clacky, Ryan.
(You are awesome! Thanks everyone!)
Weekly keyboard art
Sphere keyboard by Pavlo Khmel.