Issue 81 / Keyboard Builders' Digest
Keyboard Builders’ Digest #81
Check out the new issue with awesome projects, tips and ideas!
Hey y'all,
Psst. Again, there's a giveaway in this week’s editorial: you can win a crazy KeyTok Morse keycap set offered by KeebMonkey.
And now the posts I thought were worth sharing this week:
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Recreating the Model F look and feel: the Model D is a 40% Buckling springs keyboard built by crahamson.
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A 4x10 ortho with a rotary encoder and LCD: freaku4X by sporewoh.
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Andreas Känner took Pimoroni's RP2040-powered e-ink display and put it on a macropad.
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Another wooden board, this time with a surprising layout: groyer418's Ki board.
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The Ergo S-1 by Wizarddata is a wireless concave split keyboard with integrated wrist rest and free case files.
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Three macropad projects have been published recently: the VoidPad 9S1E by Tuxic, the POSpad by _vastrox_, and Bitdrive made a case for the Spin.
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Rocksolid is a collab between tenstaana and fingerpunch.xyz: a mashup of their Chunky and Rock on keyboards.
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Boardsource announced Blok, a new RP2040-based microcontroller with Pro Micro footprint.
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Colfy's Shou65 is a keyboard with floating maglev plate/PCB.
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This awesome-looking 1982 Cromemco C-10 was posted by WonderSausage.
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And this gorgeous Dynalogic Hyperion, a Canadian luggable from the early '80s, is from the collection of snuci.
This issue’s supporters
PCBWay, splitkb.com, MoErgo Glove80, u/chad3814, Aiksplace, @keebio, @kaleid1990, Clickety Split, ghsear.ch, cdc, Sean Grady, Bob Cotton, kiyejoco, FFKeebs, Richard Sutherland, @therick0996, Joel Simpson, Nuno Leitano, Lev Popov, KEEBD, Spencer Blackwood, Christian Mladenov, Yuan Liu, Davidjohn Gerena, Alexey Alekhin & Fabian Suceveanu
(You are awesome! Thanks everyone!)
Behind the Scenes
This week’s topics of my behind the scenes series:
Quick news and Issue #80 follow-up. Reuters family photo & another way to support Ukraine. New discounts, shops & giveaway: announcing last week’s winner and a new prize.
Weekly keyboard art
An Atreus62 case printed in three materials/colors by QDP2D (source).