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Appa keyboard
Calebe94's Appa is an ortho keyboard supporting Alps switches.
Published March 1, 2023
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E. Calebe aka Calebe94 shared his Appa, an ortholinear keyboard inspired by the Plaid and Gherkin Apls 1.1, and sporting White Alps switches plus an Arduino Pro Mini (ATMega328p) as devboard/microcontroller.
I wanted to create a keyboard to use some of the electronic components I already have. That's why I've used USB-B instead of USB-C connector, and that's why the keyboard is so tall, but I'm happy with the results since this is my first mechanical keyboard ever – Calebe94.
Specs
- 4x12 ortholinear layout
- through-hole components only
- Atmega328p (Arduino PRO Mini) with VUSB on QMK firmware
- White ALPS switches
- layered acrylic case
Resources
- https://github.com/Calebe94/appa-pcb
- https://github.com/Calebe94/appa-case
- https://github.com/Calebe94/appa-firmware
Published on Wed 1st Mar 2023. Featured in KBD #115 (source).
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