Issue 68 / Keyboard Builders' Digest
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** Keyboard Buildersâ Digest / Issue 68
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Check the new issue (https://kbd.news/issue/68/) with awesome projects, tips and ideas!
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Itâs still hard to keep an eye on keyboards when Russian war criminals keep killing civilians in the neighborhood.
Last week I donated half of my monthly wage to charities helping Ukrainian refugees (https://kbd.news/Behind-the-Scenes-of-Issue-68-1300.html) . Consider donating if you can (https://kbd.news/ukraine) .
As a distraction, here are some DIY keyboard related posts I thought were worth sharing this week: 1. Krikun’s Sporne (https://kbd.news/Sporne-1292.html) , a fork of Joric’s Jorne, features space invader switches and an unfamiliar logical layout. 2. The Chonky Palmtop (https://kbd.news/Chonky-Palmtop-1293.html) by Daniel Norris is a cyberdeck with an integrated Corne and cool folding mechanism. 3. The Monolith (https://kbd.news/Monolith-1294.html) , designed by sincerelyredcape, is made of sheet steel and is built around an industrial grade encoder â and weights 15kg… 4. OK35 (https://kbd.news/OK35-1295.html) is a split ortholinear keyboard designed by Y2ff â with exposed through-hole diodes arranged nicely at the top. 5. ThereminGoat reviews Drop’s Holy Panda X switch (https://kbd.news/Drop-Holy-Panda-X-1288.html) , manufactured by Gateron. 6. Will Winder shared his 3D printable standoff / spacer (https://kbd.news/3D-printable-standoff-1289.html) design. 7. Here is a 3D printable folding tenting feet (https://kbd.news/Folding-tenting-feet-1287.html) design posted by MohnJaddenPowers. 8. Tiny 2040 (https://kbd.news/Tiny2040-controller-1299.html) is another RP2040-based development board, this time by Pimoroni. 9. A Rockwell AIM-65 (https://kbd.news/Rockwell-AIM-65-1291.html) with a built-in keyboard and a 20-character display, released in 1978. 10. A gigantic macropad: dedicated keyboard of various Noritsu Digital Minilabs (https://kbd.news/Noritsu-Z025892-01-1296.html) . 11. Not the usual monoblock split: the Velotype Pro (https://kbd.news/Velotype-Pro-1297.html) is actually a chorded keyboard. 12. Suika’s Cisne (https://kbd.news/Cisne-1290.html) is a cool 40% monoblock with 5% tenting. 13. Finally, a crazy keyboard concept: inflated keycaps (https://kbd.news/Inflated-keycaps-1298.html) by Running Guy Studio.
Thatâs it. Thanks for reading. 180,000 (https://data2.unhcr.org/en/situations/ukraine) Ukrainian refugees entered Hungary thus far. The border is just an hourâs drive away from where I live. Consider supporting (https://kbd.news/donate) the cause.
** This issueâs supporters
Well, with your donations you supported (and this week you still support) Ukrainian refugees.
splitkb.com, Benjamin Calderon, MoErgo Glove80 (https://www.moergo.com/?utm_source=kbdnews) , u/chad3814, Aiksplace, @kaleid1990, @keebio (https://keeb.io) , ghsear.ch, cdc, Timo, Bart Vergeer, kiyejoco, Bob Cotton, FFKeebs, Tim Parsons, Kristina Panos, Matthias Ko, Sean Grady, Rick Kremer, Wong Jing Ping, Nuno Leitano, Joel Simpson, Mika van Schaik, Spencer Blackwood & Davidjohn Gerena.
(You are awesome! Thanks everyone, especially Benjamin Calderon and Diana for their generous donations!)
** Behind the Scenes
This weekâs topics of my behind the scenes series:
âRefugee crisis, visit at the border, donation options, February stats, new acquisitions, one more extreme keyboard connector.â
Read it here (https://kbd.news/Behind-the-Scenes-of-Issue-68-1300.html)
** Weekly keyboard art
Miniature life by Tatsuya Tanaka (source (https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/t42apq/keyboard_art_by_tatsuya_tanaka/) ).
** And finally, the news with picsâ¦
Check the latest issue (https://kbd.news/issue/68/)
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