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Ajisai

Ajisai is a 58-key handwired monoblock wireless build by u/DCharlo.

KBD.news
Published August 19, 2022

This is a handwired 58-key monoblock keyboard called Ajisai.

It seems the keyboard hobby slowly turns into a free Japanese course: this time we learn the Japanese word for the hydrangea plant which is 紫陽花 (ajisai). (Previous lessions: shiratama, ki, umo, penkesu, etc.)

The layout of DCharlo's keyboard is similar to that of the Lily58 but with Choc spacing.

ZMK firmware was super simple to create a shield for a monoblock as I found out! – DCharlo.

Case STLs on Thingiverse: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5468398

Firmware fork: https://github.com/dcored13/zmk-master

Published on Fri 19th Aug 2022. Featured in KBD #91 (source).

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