Issue #152 - Keyboard Builders' Digest
Keyboard Builders' Digest // Issue #152
Check out this week's editorial with awesome projects, tips, ideas, meetups, discount codes, etc!
Hey y'all,
Here are some of the posts I thought were worth sharing this week:
- The Lynxware CAT is a set of split input devices built with mouse switches, open sourced and also sold by Ape_Devil of Lynxware.
- DreaM117er shared his MagWave44, a Dactyl Skeleton derivative ergo split with magnetic tenting.
- Penk Chen's Rasti64 is a 64-key, low-profile board sporting the author's custom keycap set.
- Salim Benbouziyane shared the files of his Ocreeb MK2, a modular macropad system exploring the idea of a custom magnetic connector that lets you attach all sorts of external modules.
- Andrea Varotto published the files of his Cornepad, a unibody keyboard with a numpad in the center.
- Sally is a 3D printed split keyboard with a staggered Alice-like layout -- designed by keeb_carving.
- The manifold is a handwired keyboard in a 3D printed IBM SSK-like case. Designed by _galile0.
- Joe Scotto made a streamdeck: the ScottoDeck is handwired and diodeless.
- Takashi shared the Gerbers of his Snowflake macropad (already mentioned last week but without further info).
- Brostafarian open sourced the keycap that plays Doom.
Many more news and resources in my weekly editorial write-up, MK meetup calendar and keyboard shop database -- with 500+ keyboard vendors, 120+ of them offering various discounts and coupons for you!
This issue’s supporters
splitkb.com, MoErgo Glove80, ZSA Technology Labs, u/chad3814, Aiksplace, @keebio, Upgrade Keyboards, Cyboard, Ashkeebs, Sean Grady, Jacob Mikesell, Jason Hazel, @kaleid1990, KEEBD, kiyejoco, littlemer-the-second, Christian Lo, ghsear.ch, u/motfalcon, Bob Cotton, FFKeebs, @therick0996, Joel Simpson, Richard Sutherland, Christian Mladenov, Lev Popov, TurtleKeebs, Daniel Nikolov, Schnoor Typography, u/eighty58five, Mechboards, Caleb Rand, Skyler Thuss, Yuan Liu, James McCleese, Benjamin Bell, Ben M, Spencer Dabell, zzeneg, Matthias Goffette, Anatolii Smolianinov, Hating TheFruit, Penk Chen, Davidjohn Gerena, Vitali Haravy, anonymous, Clacky, Shnobble, Alex Miller, Gavin Folgert.
(You are awesome! Thanks everyone!)
Weekly keyboard art
A Data General One, one of the first laptops - and my latest acquisition. :D (Photo by Austin Calhoon)