Quick weekly BTS #2023/28
Quick news, behind the scenes, new offers and donations. Two small layout design scripts. Shops & discounts.
ErgoStrafer
CustomMK's David designed ErgoStrafer, a mechanical replacement for the Merc Stealth's gaming pad.
Arkenswoop
Alexandre Plateau shared his Arkenswoop, a Lord of the Rings themed revision of the Swoop – and much more!
Apodiformbird
Easonstons shared Apodiformbird, a 18-key minimalist monoblock split inspired by the Hummingbird.
Smile36
Protieus(z) published his Smile36, a cute sub-40% keyboard with an encoder and Grin layout.
Moai keyboard
Moai is a small, low(ish) profile monoblock split keyboard designed by 4itor.
Quick weekly BTS #2023/27
Quick news with Al Di Meola. New era, new emotions. Compaq in the mailbox. Logical layout design feat. Mario. Shops & discounts.
Keychron camo switches
Honestly, where is this hobby heading? Dye-sub camo switches by Keychron.
Origami transport bag
FalbaTech's Origami bag is an environmentally friendly way to transport your split keyboards.
Behind the Scenes of Issue 125
New realities, running into r/mk refugees in unexpected places, Snow White's coffin, Zombie Kitchen, imgur fame, etc.
Chaz
After teasing it earlier, Jason Hazel redesigned and published the Chaz, a cute Choc-spaced QAZ-alike.
Flow-MX36
Flow is a product line of sculpted split keyboards by Jason Allan – with the flow-MX36 being released and the flow-choc40 in development.
Le Chiffre
A retrospective post about Le Chiffre, a minimalist monoblock split designed and open sourced by tominabox1 – 3 years ago.
CRP-X keycap profile
Created by Hammer & Buger.Work, CRP-X is a new uniform keycap profile with stepped modifiers and flippable caps.
Peridot
An open-source and easy-to-build steno keyboard for use with Plover: Peridot by Ewen Cluney.
Osprette V3
The Osprette V3 is the third revision of Sam Mohr's 34-key unibody keyboard.
Stampy controller
An RP2040-based controller for handwiring keyboards: Stampy by Keebio.
Siemens T4000 (T4200)
The Siemens T4200 is a kick-ass electronic screen-typewriter system from the '80s with a not less kick-ass keyboard: the Siemens T4000.
Theseus75
Alex is working on his Theseus75, a 75% split mechanical keyboard kit with USB hub and LEMO interconnection.
Matmat35
Kiencovn shared the files of his matmat35, a cute handwired keyboard with a QAZ/HHKB layout.
PSA: In lieu of a new issue
Reddit meltdown and its effects on kbd.news. Send me your projects. New shops, discounts, meetups, etc.
Behind the Scenes of Issue 124
Lots of quick news, a few days off, new shops, discounts, meetups, etc.
UT22
The UT22 is a gorgeous 22-key unibody split for the Artsey/Taipo input systems – created by Bubbleology_3DP.
Lapa keyboard-mouse
Ilya Leonov's Lapa is an ergo split keyboard-mouse.
Unibody Ximi
Sadek Baroudi turned the Ximi into a unibody split by designing a new tented case.
FalbaTech turned 9
Today marks the 9 year anniversary of starting FalbaTech, so I reached out to Jan, who celebrates with offering you an extra discount.
Artsy Fartsy
Artsy Fartsy is an ergo artsey keyboard by u/GrO3veman.
KiCad plugin for keyboard design
u/admwscki's kicad-kbplacer is a KiCad plugin using KLE layouts to place switches and diodes.
Addams by KBDcraft
KBDcraft released Addams, a LEGO-compatible numpad as a versatile companion for the widely popular Adams kit.
Batarang
Protieusz made Batarang, a bat-shaped unibody split keyboard with trackpad and ISO enter.