Issue 74 / Keyboard Builders' Digest
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** Keyboard Buildersâ Digest / Issue 74
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Check the new issue (https://kbd.news/issue/74/) with awesome projects, tips and ideas!
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Here are the DIY keyboard related posts I thought were worth sharing this week: 1. Jacqueline designed a custom ergo keyboard (https://kbd.news/Custom-Reform-keyboard-1375.html) for her Reform laptop â based on the Lily layout. 2. An 1800-style ortho (https://kbd.news/1800-ish-wooden-ortho-1371.html) board by MetaWhirledPeas, hand made from a solid piece of poplar from Home Depot. 3. Riley from Clickety Split designed Leeloo (https://kbd.news/Leeloo-1369.html) , a split keyboard resembling the Lily58. 4. A 5x6 Dactyl Manuform variation (https://kbd.news/Peanut-Matcha-Jade-1373.html) by Mike Pisman â with 5 thumb keys and smooth edges. 5. Lolcatz52 designed and printed an ergo split (https://kbd.news/Lolcatz-s-Blank-Slate-1368.html) to fit his own fingers. 6. A well-documented chorded keyboard project based on the Raspberry Pi Pico: the PICO Chord (https://kbd.news/PICO-Chord-keyboard-1376.html) . 7. Revered Brazilian PCB designer Ãlvaro “Gondolindrim (https://kbd.news/Gondolindrim-interview-1372.html) ” Volpato interviewed by _IanOfEarth. 8. PRK (https://kbd.news/PRK-firmware-1370.html) is a PicoRuby-based keyboard firmware running on RP2040 chips. 9. Chyrosran22 introduces the vintage ITT ETL18 (https://kbd.news/ITT-ETL18-switch-teardown-1374.html) switch with horizontal flappy coil spring. 10. LDSA (https://kbd.news/LDSA-keycap-profile-1377.html) is a new Choc-compatible low-pro keycap profile by Darryl from lowprokb.ca â with deeper dishes. 11. SmartKnob (https://kbd.news/SmartKnob-1381.html) is an open-source input device with software-configurable endstops and virtual detents â designed by Scott Bezek. 12. The Fairlight MFX3 Plus (https://kbd.news/Fairlight-MFX3-Plus-1378.html) is a dedicated hardware designed to handle 24 tracks of recording live. 13. A pimped-up Siemens Unity 2 (https://kbd.news/Siemens-Unity-2-1379.html) “Super Silent Keyboard” posted by catsontuesday.
** This issueâs supporters
splitkb.com, MoErgo Glove80 (https://www.moergo.com/?utm_source=kbdnews) , u/chad3814, Aiksplace, @kaleid1990, @keebio (https://keeb.io) , Timo, ghsear.ch, cdc, Sean Grady, kiyejoco, Bob Cotton, FFKeebs, Richard Sutherland, @therick0996, Joel Simpson, Nuno Leitano, KEEBD, Spencer Blackwood, Yuan Liu, Lev Popov, Christian Mladenov, Davidjohn Gerena, Alexey Alekhin & Fabian Suceveanu
(You are awesome! Thanks everyone!)
** Behind the Scenes
This weekâs topics of my behind the scenes series:
On longer format articles, 40 discount codes, keyboard lexicon update, duplex matrix cultural dissonance, Datalux acquisition, etc.
Read it here (https://kbd.news/Behind-the-Scenes-of-Issue-74-1380.html)
** Weekly keyboard art
A 3D-printed case by RogerArbogast inspired by abstract expressionist sculptures (source (https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/u20k1i/i_tape_modded_my_ciy_tester_68/) ).
** And finally, the news with picsâ¦
Check the latest issue (https://kbd.news/issue/74/)
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