Weekly BTS #2023/33 - Keyboard Builders' Digest
Keyboard Builders' Digest // Weekly BTS
Check out this week's editorial with awesome projects, tips and ideas!
Hey y'all,
Here are the posts I thought were worth sharing this week. A handful of links from the blog and my weekly editorial write-up:
- CB34S is a 34-key columnar staggered Choc V1 monoblock split keyboard by Bubbleology – with Nice!Nano and Nice!View.
- KBDcraft now offers the LEGO-compatible Adam0110b, along with merging and upgrade kits to combine the 60% Adam and the Addams numpad.
- Shane Hanna shared his PLA_NCK, a low-profile split ortholinear keyboard with Gateron KS-33 switches.
- Sneftel is introducing Heron, a Dactyl-inspired unibody keyboard with each column mounted on a laser-cut acrylic scaffold.
- Brian Swetland published a mechanical keyboard for the legendary ZX81.
- Nikita Shirokov shared KLP Lamé, a set of new keycaps for Kailh Choc switches.
- Holykeebs offers various popular splits with a trackpoint module.
- Tefinite Dev's first keyboard looks cool, and it sports caps I rarely see: relatively low-profile (but MX) XVX caps.
- Policium is working on GRIN Notes, a cheap through-hole GRIN with unique aesthetics (more on this layout).
- Stenographer Barbie? I have to confess I'm not a huge movie-goer and also immune to general hype, so I almost missed the fact that Ruth Handler, inventor of Barbie, was, among other things, also a stenographer. At least according to this petition. (Thanks @StenoKeyboards!)
- Gleb teased his Deathpad art project, "a 9-key macropad in a huge ominous 30×30cm case inspired by the logos of death metal bands and the darkest corners of nature". There's also a dedicated product page.
- Is this the next level of controller socketing? A cool buckle connector by Seeed for the plug and play experience of XIAO devboards.
- I know I have to strengthen the switch side of this blog (feel free to help me!). Until then, here are some Diamond Avalon switches with a uniquely shaped top housing.
- I've already updated the Kaly42 post with a link to the source files, but Dwctor also published a video with some insights into his design considerations.
This issue’s supporters
splitkb.com, MoErgo Glove80, u/chad3814, MKUltra, Aiksplace, @keebio, Upgrade Keyboards, Cyboard, Sean Grady, @kaleid1990, Jacob Mikesell, Jason Hazel, KEEBD, cdc, kiyejoco, littlemer-the-second, ghsear.ch, u/motfalcon, Bob Cotton, Christian Lo, FFKeebs, DROP, Richard Sutherland, @therick0996, Joel Simpson, Lev Popov, Christian Mladenov, Daniel Nikolov, Skyler Thuss, u/eighty58five, Spencer Blackwood, Caleb Rand, Yuan Liu, Schnoor Typography, Mats Faugli, Ergohaven, Benjamin Bell, James McCleese, Matthias Goffette, Davidjohn Gerena, Hating TheFruit, anonymous, khor.store, TurtleKeebs, 池上 昌明, Spencer Dabell, Anatolii Smolianinov, Penk Chen.
(You are awesome! Thanks everyone!)
Weekly keyboard art
Deathpad by Gleb (source).