Cool836pico An angled monoblock Pico-based keyboard from m.ki. Optionally low-profile and open-source.
KBD.news Published February 25, 2022
A sandwich-mount 30% monoblock keyboard with Alice layout from m.ki aka telzo2000. Based on the cool836A and sporting a Raspberry Pi Pico.
The PCB supports both Cherry MX and Kailh Choc hotswap sockets.
Unlike the Pro Micro, the Pico has a reset switch on the board body. Therefore, there are restrictions on the direction of its installation. I thought it would be better if the chips were not exposed, so I made a notch in the PCB – m.ki.
Resources: Github repo with build log .
Published on Fri 25th Feb 2022. Featured in KBD #67 (source ).
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