Weekly BTS #2023/37 - 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:
- FranDes made a handwired custom split: the wireless Frandestein.
- Alex Miller's MacroMacro is a large open-source gaming macropad that runs on Vial.
- Daniel Haarhoff shared his neuro36, a small 36-key split travel keyboard.
- Dane Lipscombe shared his Mushi, another cute 36-key split keyboard.
- Johannes Neyer made a 36-key ergo split with 4P4C connectors between the halves.
- Skywatch is a nice orthoish monoblock split by Özkan Çelik.
- The articulation80 is a versatile open-source split keyboard PCB by Myles Lee, with two snap-off blocks.
- MickiusMousius made the design of the Rolio available – a 46-key split with horizontal encoder.
- Lots of updates at bastardkb: Charybdis Mini officially released, github revamped, TBK Mini update, etc. Coming next: Dilemma Max.
- Protieusz is back with Maximus, another monoblock split with a trackpad -- but this one is closed source for now.
- Keyjoy is a 65% one by Skribbles, with exploded arrow cluster, integrated joystick and hefty encoder knob.
- Tip: PCB design with Kicad -- new video tutorial by '''Joe Scotto'''.
- Handwired: A noname unibody by Kattnos, and another one by Capital-Direction.
- Commercial options: the prebuilt city42 by Controller Works is an angled unibody with Cirque trackpad.
- Inspiration: Churri with skull tenting by leifflat. And realistic_pseudonym is looking to create something distinctive too: WIP#1.
For even more resources, check out my weekly editorial write-up, MK meetup calendar and keyboard shop database -- with 500+ keyboard vendors, 100+ of them offering various discounts and coupons for you!
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, Christian Lo, Bob Cotton, FFKeebs, Richard Sutherland, @therick0996, DROP, Joel Simpson, Lev Popov, Christian Mladenov, Daniel Nikolov, u/eighty58five, Caleb Rand, Spencer Blackwood, Skyler Thuss, Yuan Liu, Schnoor Typography, Mats Faugli, Ergohaven, Benjamin Bell, James McCleese, TurtleKeebs, Matthias Goffette, Davidjohn Gerena, Hating TheFruit, anonymous, Spencer Dabell, Anatolii Smolianinov, Penk Chen, Lusia.
(You are awesome! Thanks everyone!)
Weekly keyboard art
Custom tenting for the custom Churri by leifflat.