Issue #174 - Keyboard Builders' Digest
Keyboard Builders' Digest // Issue #174
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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MoeeTech's Glitter65 R2 is a significant upgrade to a cool keyboard kit with a distinctive aluminum case and unique drawer structure. The new assembly process is very easy, and the PCB supports split spacebars!
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The Synth Labs 060 is probably the most beautiful keyboard I've ever tested. The polished back grill is a stunning design choice. GB items have been shipped, some extras are still available.
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Here are the best-selling switches of August. The next part of this monthly overview of community favorite mechanical switches, based on real sales data provided by vendors and manufacturers. Updated with some belated lists since its first publication.
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Sachiel is a 34-key unibody split keyboard with 25mm trackball -- designed by protieusz.
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A 3D-printed, handwired split prototype by Fraawlen: NEXUS.
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Gareth Gummow shared the files of his Iyada, a split with dual trackpad layout.
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A 30-key version of the Sweep 2.2, featuring the author's cat: Sweep Cat by Matt Petiteau.
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Forager is a Voyager-inspired 34-key low-profile wireless split keyboard by carrefinho.
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Silakka54 is a RP2040 Zero based 54-key split keyboard, designed and shared by Juho T.
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Goobertrax-E by Alex Miller. Another Hummingbird-like hotswap monoblock with trackball.
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BUBBY, a chording device, is Mikey Sklar's project for the pocket keyboard contest.
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A small DIY trackball device, based around an Elite-Pi controller and a PMW3360 sensor: TB3S by Wimads.
As always: much more projects and resources in my weekly (sort of) editorial write-up, MK meetup calendar and keyboard shop database - with 500+ keyboard vendors!
Save some money
There are 160 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
A Toyota AE86-themed W70 by nikkobautista.
This issue’s supporters
Ashkeebs, splitkb.com, MoErgo Glove80, ZSA Technology Labs, Aiksplace, @keebio, Upgrade Keyboards, Cyboard, Jason Hazel, Jacob Mikesell, Sean Grady, kiyejoco, KEEBD, @kaleid1990, littlemer-the-second, Ergohaven, ghsear.ch, u/motfalcon, FFKeebs, Bob Cotton, @therick0996, Christian Mladenov, Timo, Joel Simpson, Daniel Nikolov, TALPKEYBOARD, Schnoor Typography, u/eighty58five, Caleb Rand, Skyler Thuss, James McCleese, Benjamin Bell, Brendan P., Yuan Liu, Ben M, zzeneg, Spencer Dabell, Anatolii Smolianinov, Penk Chen, Matthias Goffette, Clacky, Vitali Haravy, Stefan S., Hating TheFruit, Alex Miller, Trey Causey, Davidjohn Gerena, Mario S., Dylan Ingham, Gordon Diggs, Cloyce, Shnobble, Raphael Stanzani, Duncan B., HubertTheMad, s_p_l_o_d_e, Astrummmm, Jesse L.
(You are awesome! Thanks everyone!)