Issue #161 - Keyboard Builders' Digest
Keyboard Builders' Digest // Issue #161
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 time:
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I'm working on a new series: keymap wizardry. Please fill out this short questionnaire, especially if you live in the US. Practically three short questions, can be done in a few seconds but helps a lot. Thanks!
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This week I reviewed the ErgoDox 76 Hot Dox V2, another classic design reinterpreted by Alpaca Keyboards and sold by Apos. What was once the go-to split kit with a hallmark thumb cluster comes now pre-built in a refreshed hotswap version and in a stunning acrylic case.
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Chris Lo's rattlemebonez32 is a 32-key unibody pocket keyboard with minimal Choc spacing, CH552 MCU and FAK firmware.
- The Kai Ascend is a cute split keyboard designed and shared by Kai H. Chang.
- MReavley's split Rzr36 is the BLE Choc version of his earlier Slice36.
- The Woodpecker by Özkan Çelik is a Lumberjack/Lumberelite variant with Cirque trackpad.
- Sneftel's jaw-dropping Gull v1 made some rounds on social media, it is an ergo unibody split with keywell and unique thumb cluster.
- Dane Lipscombe's Tamatama is a 28-key Dactyl derivative with dual trackballs, created with the Cosmos configurator.
Much more resources in my weekly editorial write-up, MK meetup calendar and keyboard shop database - with 500+ keyboard vendors!
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Weekly keyboard art
There were many candidates for this position, let's choose the MU01 Mountain Seclusion sneak peak, a wireless wooden board by Akko with matching MOA profile caps. Not in production yet, stop looking for it. :)
This issue’s supporters
splitkb.com, MoErgo Glove80, Ashkeebs, ZSA Technology Labs, Aiksplace, @keebio, Upgrade Keyboards, Cyboard, Jason Hazel, Sean Grady, Jacob Mikesell, @kaleid1990, kiyejoco, Mechboards, KEEBD, littlemer-the-second, ghsear.ch, u/motfalcon, TurtleKeebs, Bob Cotton, FFKeebs, Richard Sutherland, @therick0996, Christian Mladenov, Joel Simpson, Lev Popov, Daniel Nikolov, u/eighty58five, Schnoor Typography, Caleb Rand, Skyler Thuss, Yuan Liu, James McCleese, Benjamin Bell, Ben M, TALPKEYBOARD, zzeneg, Spencer Dabell, Penk Chen, Matthias Goffette, Anatolii Smolianinov, Hating TheFruit, Felicitas R., Vitali Haravy, Clacky, Davidjohn Gerena, anonymous, Alex Miller, Brendan P., Trey Causey, Shnobble, Robert V., Stefan S., Micah A., Gordon Diggs, Mario S., Cloyce, Dylan Ingham, s_p_l_o_d_e.
(You are awesome! Thanks everyone!)