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Batarang Armored

The Batarang Armored version by Protieusz is a column staggered monoblock split with RP2040, Cirque trackpad, encoder, and glowing eyes.

KBD.news
Published August 9, 2023

Here is another of my keeb, the Batarang Armored version. A column staggered layout with 40mm cirque trackpad, EC11 encoder with 35mm knob and RGB LED strips – Protieusz.

The author used this simple hack to control pieces of a LED strip (the eyes) using a microcontroller running on 3.3 volts. This single diode hack can output 4.3v logic by using a sacrificial RGB.

Resources

Gerber files have been uploaded but J2 connectors need time to fix. But the solder pads to connect the Cirque trackpad are all working.

• https://github.com/protieusz/Batarang-Armored-Version

Published on Wed 9th Aug 2023. Featured in KBD #130.

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