KBD newsletter #75
Keyboard Builders’ Digest #75
Check out the new issue with awesome projects, tips and ideas!
Hey y'all,
Here are all the cool posts on DIY custom keyboards I thought were worth sharing this week:
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Stefak's ErgoTravelXT is a foldable split keyboard with XT60 connectors.
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EVEN44 is a split project by fmash16 – 3D printed, handwired, 3x6+4 keys with an encoder.
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Cipulot tells us about his EC87, an Electrostatic Capacitive (EC) TKL keyboard PCB (and EC boards in general).
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Slice36: a Xiao RP2040 powered 36 key split by MReavley.
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Check out Pete Johanson's write-up for the second birthday of the ZMK firmware.
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A wireless Hummingbird by filibustercrankcase sporting a Seeeduino Xiao BLE controller.
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Speaking of Seeeduinos: the Xiao RP2040 is another cheap RP2040-based controller alternative with relatively small form factor.
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Duplex matrix: There are two different matrices referred to as duplex matrix. Let's examine the Japanese one, which makes possible to handle 160-200 keys with a single Pro Micro.
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Tip: A homemade key socket cover open-sourced by qubist1.
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Spotting: A portable DMX lighting controller built into a rifle case — posted by aleigh9812.
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Ortho life: Modelo 96 is a custom ortholinear PCB by TillerCPE in a Melody 96 case, and smellycoat made another ortho PCB to fit a Protozoa P02 case – with a giant knob.
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Finally, an interesting flexible concept by oy2r of Metakey: TENET 70% keyboard kit: swap between normal and Southpaw layouts.
This issue’s supporters
splitkb.com, MoErgo Glove80, u/chad3814, Aiksplace, @kaleid1990, @keebio, Clickety Split, Timo, ghsear.ch, cdc, Sean Grady, Bob Cotton, kiyejoco, FFKeebs, Richard Sutherland, @therick0996, Joel Simpson, Nuno Leitano, KEEBD, Spencer Blackwood, Yuan Liu, Davidjohn Gerena, Lev Popov, Christian Mladenov, Alexey Alekhin & Fabian Suceveanu.
(You are awesome! Thanks everyone!)
Behind the Scenes
This week’s topics of my behind the scenes series:
Domain renewal, new promo codes, and the dangerous ground of sponsorship offers. New supporters and vendors. Newsletter test and performance, status of developments & acquisitions.
Weekly keyboard art
War Machine TK-01 by CIY (source).
Still with me?…