Issue #166 - Keyboard Builders' Digest
Keyboard Builders' Digest // Issue #166
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, handpicked from projects published in the recent two weeks:
- I tested Ergohaven's K:03, a 60% true split, the latest member in the ever growing family of keyboard models offered by the team.
- And there was a Kemove K87 1980 review before I went on a short holiday: The K87 is a fully built three-mode wireless hotswap mechanical TKL, and the K87SE is its $28(!) budget companion.
- Protieusz keeps updating keyboard models with trackballs. His latest project is the Pimple Smile.
- An Osprey remix by Vladimir Glushkov - with a daughterboard instead of on-board MCU.
- Leveret is a wireless split keyboard by dohn-joh, featuring thumb clusters with custom lever keycaps.
- Alejandro Cámara published his Winsplit, a true split compatible with normal keysets.
- An all-ISO Enter board, anyone? Of course it exists: OmegaISO with 94 ISO Enter keycaps - materialized as a real community effort.
- A reversible split PCB by Dmitry Belousov: Dedekind.
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Emil shared Kada 0110, a 3D case inspired by the Apple M0110 and Apple II.
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More: layout design, TIL, weekly Diderot effect, WIP, handwired, keyboard art, etc.
As always, much more resources in my weekly editorial write-up, MK meetup calendar and keyboard shop database - with 500+ keyboard vendors!
Save some money
There are 153 keyboard shops accepting the KBDNEWS coupon code and offering you various discounts now. (And here are all the keyboard stores in the database.)
Weekly keyboard art
Beach keyboard by AffectionateWin (source).
In my mailbox
Recently arrived: Ergohaven K:03, Akko MU01 Mountain Seclusion (US / EU, now 5-10% off with the KBDNEWS coupon) - the walnut case comes with some extra wax :D. Review next week. And the extraterrestrial Mantis v0.3 designed, built and sent to me as a gift by the one and only Felix Kühling. Thanks everyone!
This issue’s supporters
Ashkeebs, splitkb.com, MoErgo Glove80, ZSA Technology Labs, Aiksplace, @keebio, Upgrade Keyboards, Cyboard, Jason Hazel, Sean Grady, Jacob Mikesell, kiyejoco, @kaleid1990, KEEBD, littlemer-the-second, ghsear.ch, u/motfalcon, Bob Cotton, FFKeebs, @therick0996, Joel Simpson, Richard Sutherland, Christian Mladenov, Lev Popov, Daniel Nikolov, Schnoor Typography, u/eighty58five, Skyler Thuss, Caleb Rand, Timo, Yuan Liu, James McCleese, Benjamin Bell, TALPKEYBOARD, Ben M, zzeneg, Spencer Dabell, Anatolii Smolianinov, Matthias Goffette, Penk Chen, Brendan P., Vitali Haravy, Felicitas R., Clacky, Hating TheFruit, Stefan S., Davidjohn Gerena, anonymous, Alex Miller, Trey Causey, Shnobble, Mario S., Dylan Ingham, Gordon Diggs, Cloyce, Raphael Stanzani, s_p_l_o_d_e, Kevin B., Ed N.
(You are awesome! Thanks everyone!)