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Clacky Chan
The Clacky Chan by Stephan Møller is an ergo split with custom tenting and firmware.
Published September 22, 2025
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Stephan (Rollercole) Møller is back after his Mike Typeson, this time with a true split prototype: the Clacky Chan running his own zigmkay firmware.
I just finished my most recent prototype which is named Clacky Chan. He is the successor of my previous keyboard, Mike Typeson, which was a unibody. […] PCB's for each half and wire-attached thumb keys as I want the thumbs to be tented just slightly on relation to the finger area – Stephan.
Features
- 30 keys (5x3-ish + 1 thumb key)
- MX switches, hotswap
- RP2040 Pro Micro controller
- reversible PCB
- diodeless design
- custom firmware (zigmkay)
Resources
- https://github.com/StephanMoeller/clacky-chan
- OnShape repo with the tenting.
Published on Mon 22nd Sep 2025. Featured in KBD #199 (source).
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