Issue 50 / Keyboard Builders' Digest
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** Keyboard Buildersâ Digest / Issue 50
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KBD.news will turn 1 in three weeks. Prepare for a giveaway! Sponsors thus far: 3DKeebs (https://3dkeebs.com) , Mechbox (https://mechbox.co.uk/) , pkkeyboards (https://pkkeyboards.com) are Rectangles.store (https://rectangles.store) .
And these are the posts I thought were worth sharing this week: 1. The Lyra and SuperLyra (https://kbd.news/Lyra-and-SuperLyra-1055.html) , a split and a pseudosplit with numpad in the center, are two open-source designs by Malevolti. 2. The Railroad keyboard (https://kbd.news/Railroad-keyboard-1057.html) , DiplomacyPunIn10Did’s first design, is now open source. 3. A new revision of the Pinkytyl (https://kbd.news/Pinkytyl-V2.1-1061.html) by ripxorip, this time with Chocs. 4. The Mirage (https://kbd.news/Zack-Freedman-s-Mirage-1062.html) is a low-profile mechanical keyboard with clickable OLED displays and CircuitPython. 5. Protocol Seven (https://kbd.news/Protocol-Seven-1064.html) , a monoblock split by PM_ME_YOUR_MAINFRAME with a numpad in the center comes with source files. 6. An open-source magnetic macropad case (https://kbd.news/3D-printed-macropad-case-1051.html) by bikepackerdude. 7. The Chonkpad (https://kbd.news/Chonkpad-A-3D-printed-MurphPad-case-1052.html) is an open-source 3D printed MurphPad case by Customniches. 8. The Keyboard Store Map (https://kbd.news/keyboard-store-map) is another interface for the dataset of the Keyboard Vendor Database (https://kbd.news/vendors) . About 150 keyboard shops put on a map. 9. ThereminGoat reviews the Novelkeys Cream Tactile switches (https://kbd.news/Novelkeys-Cream-Tactiles-1059.html) . 10. Difference in routing of some USB-C Pro Micro clones (https://kbd.news/USB-C-Pro-Micro-issues-1054.html) reported by hellmoneywarriors. 11. The MxLEDBitPCB (https://kbd.news/MXLEDBitPCB-1060.html) by swanmatch is a 1u Amoeba-alternative with Kailh hotswap support. 12. jdigi78 designed and published an ultrawide display mount (https://kbd.news/Mercutio-hinge-mount-set-1063.html) for the Mercutio. 13. Rossenheimer thought folks will appreciate the unidentified luggable computer (https://kbd.news/Luggable-computers-rock-1053.html) his boss brought to the office. 14. A 1979 Heathkit H89 (https://kbd.news/Heathkit-H89-1056.html) running an ASCII version of Space Invaders. Acquired by glencanyon.
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âUpcoming giveaway, vendor map disaster with takeaways, bongo cat guest appearance, new discount codes, experiences of mailing 340 keyboard vendors.â
Read it here (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dovenyi/behind-scenes-issue-50)
** Weekly keyboard art
Well, not keys but 1,048 buttons to play with at Shimada Denki Seisakusho (more info (https://kbd.news/1-048-buttons-to-press-1058.html) ).
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