February 28, 2022

Issue 67 / Keyboard Builders' Digest

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** Keyboard Builders’ Digest / Issue 67

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Check the new issue (https://kbd.news/issue/67/) with awesome projects, tips and ideas!

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It’s hard to focus on keyboards when history is being written one hour’s drive away. Regardless, here are some DIY keyboard related posts I thought were worth sharing this week: 1. SouthPawEngineer’s Ergozero (https://kbd.news/Ergozero-1273.html) runs KMK firmware on a tiny RP2040 Zero controller. He also made two versions of the Caduceus (https://kbd.news/Caduceus-1285.html) . 2. Cool836pico (https://kbd.news/Cool836pico-1275.html) – An angled monoblock Pico-based keyboard from m.ki. Optionally low-profile and open-source. 3. Quentin’s Charybdis family is extending with the Nano (https://kbd.news/Charybdis-Nano-1276.html) – with open-source case files. 4. The handwired Krangle (https://kbd.news/Krangle-1279.html) by mjongerh has an intimidating amount of keys. 5. A custom Lumberjack PCB (https://kbd.news/Lumberelite-1280.html) by tj_shex using an Elite-C and OLED display. 6. Fingerpunch Keyboards’ monoblock Rock On (https://kbd.news/Rock-On-keyboard-1281.html) in a mesmerizing case by chewiedies. 7. Diego Palacios’ Cantor (https://kbd.news/Cantor-keyboard-1283.html) is a 42-key diodeless Corne-ish split. 8. Third iteration of David Kincade’s Track Beast (https://kbd.news/Track-Beast-1284.html) – resin edition. 9. Geri00’s gTetris (https://kbd.news/gTetris-1286.html) is a handwired project with a great photolog. 10. Damn Fine Keyboards (https://kbd.news/Damn-Fine-Keyboards-1277.html) is a new PDFzine by CCH Podcast’s Philipp. Check it out and subscribe! 11. The Teletype Model 33 (https://kbd.news/Teletype-Model-33-1274.html) , an electromechanical teleprinter from the ’60s with actual cylinders as its keys. 12. R009k saved a gorgeous Fluke 1720A Programmer Keyboard (https://kbd.news/Fluke-1720A-keyboard-1278.html) from getting thrown out.

That’s it. Thanks for reading. This week I’m heading to the Ukrainian border, which is just an hour’s drive away from where I live. I’ll take food and supplies for refugees. Consider supporting (https://kbd.news/donate) the cause.

** This issue’s supporters

splitkb.com, MoErgo Glove80 (https://www.moergo.com/?utm_source=kbdnews) , u/chad3814, Aiksplace, @keebio (https://keeb.io) , @kaleid1990, ghsear.ch, cdc, Timo, kiyejoco, Bob Cotton, FFKeebs, Sean Grady, Rick Kremer, Joel Simpson, Nuno Leitano, Davidjohn Gerena & Spencer Blackwood.

(You are awesome! Thanks Joel and Nuno for becoming regular supporters!)

** Behind the Scenes

This week’s topics of my behind the scenes series:

“Keyboards in shelled Ukrainian homes, refugee crisis and some of your options to help.”

Read it here (https://kbd.news/Behind-the-Scenes-of-Issue-67-1282.html)

** Weekly keyboard art

Artisan switch testers by @ponchopinchos (source (https://twitter.com/ponchospinchos/status/1496312992547614726) ).

** And finally, the news with pics…

Check the latest issue (https://kbd.news/issue/67/)

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