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ChonkV

TheStuChef's 58-key low-pro ChonkV is based on the chocV but features, among other things, a number row.

KBD.news
Published March 30, 2023

The ChonkV, published by Stu aka FlatFootFox/TheStuChef, is a 58-key low-profile keyboard with Choc spacing – based on brickbots's chocV design. It adds a number row, an additional outer column, and thumb keys in the style of the Atreus.

This keyboard was designed largely as a way of learning the Ergogen keyboard layout generator. I was pretty happy with my previous keyboard build, the split Sofle Choc, but this new keyboard design allowed me to test a variety of concepts I'd been curious about experimenting with. […] It's chonky. It's a chonky chocV. The ChonkV – TheStuChef.

Specs

• 58 keys, low profile, Choc spacing
• number row
• hotswap option
• wireless/nice!nano controller board
• nice!view display
• reset button, power switch
• Horizon style backplate and 3D printed case
• Ergogen yaml files

Resources

• https://github.com/ImStuBTW/chonkv
• Stu's blog entry on the ChonkV

Published on Thu 30th Mar 2023. Featured in KBD #118 (source).

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