Issue #155 - Keyboard Builders' Digest
Keyboard Builders' Digest // Issue #155
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:
- My thoughts about the Velvet 2, a small 40% prebuilt split by Ergohaven -- with hotswap switches and keywell.
- I'm a bit late with these Ergohaven reviews. By the time I get to the Velvet, the K:03 is already being released (review later).
- DDC is a new cylindrical keycap profile for Choc switches -- designed by LowproKB.
- The Cardinal is a wireless low-pro split by Painterman, supporting a roller encoder and 5-way switch.
- Keyboarddweeb's Alex Miller shared the source files of the Octoplus Trio, a 11-key one-handed keyboard.
- Peacock is a big standalone QMK trackpad shared by George Norton.
- A Crkbd laptop dock by a8ksh4 designed for his Steam Deck.
- A 3D printable enclosure for the Adafruit Macropad PCB -- designed by Kronocide, inspired by the Nuphy Halo 96 keyboard.
- More: ThumbsUp! v9, FOSK, hotswap encoder, our Estonian friends made it to the national TV, etc.
Much more news and resources in my weekly editorial write-up, MK meetup calendar and keyboard shop database -- with 500+ keyboard vendors!
Save some money
It's crazy, but with Keygem and KeyboardCo on board there are now 137 keyboard shops accepting the KBDNEWS coupon code and offering you various discounts.
Check out all the shops on the coupon page!
This issue’s supporters
splitkb.com, MoErgo Glove80, ZSA Technology Labs, Aiksplace, @keebio, Upgrade Keyboards, Cyboard, Ashkeebs, Sean Grady, Jason Hazel, Jacob Mikesell, @kaleid1990, kiyejoco, KEEBD, littlemer-the-second, Mechboards, Christian Lo, ghsear.ch, u/motfalcon, Bob Cotton, FFKeebs, @therick0996, Richard Sutherland, Joel Simpson, Christian Mladenov, TurtleKeebs, Lev Popov, Daniel Nikolov, u/eighty58five, Schnoor Typography, Caleb Rand, Skyler Thuss, Yuan Liu, Benjamin Bell, James McCleese, Ben M, zzeneg, Matthias Goffette, Anatolii Smolianinov, Spencer Dabell, Penk Chen, Hating TheFruit, Davidjohn Gerena, anonymous, Clacky, TALPKEYBOARD, Vitali Haravy, Alex Miller, Gavin Folgert, Shnobble, Trey Causey
(You are awesome! Thanks everyone!)
Weekly keyboard art
Cat:( is "a fun 60% keeb based on our love for cats" – by CtrlFrek (source)