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C-13X keyboard
The C-13X is a tiny Alice-like handwired keyboard with an open-source case by u/flurpyflurples.
Published February 5, 2022
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The C-13X is a cute 35% QAZ/Alice-like keyboard, designed and handwired by flurpyflurples.
I had this idea one afternoon and I just had to turn it into a reality – flurpyflurples.
The case is open-source and there's a plate DXF in the GitHub repo, along with some beauty shots:
https://github.com/flurples/C-13X
Here's a sound test as well:
Specifications
- keyboard: C-13X
- QAZ-ish/Alice style layout
- handwired with an Elite-C
- plate: 5mm PLA
- gasket mount
- clear window on the back to display wiring
- switches: Tecsee Ice Candy
- keycaps: clone civilizations
- stabilizers: Durock plate mount
- VIA support (if you choose to wire the matrix the same as the author did)
Finally, the laconic assessment of the designer:
I hate this layout but I love the board – flurples.
Published on Sat 5th Feb 2022. Featured in KBD #64 (source).
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