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Corneucopia
A 42-key low-profile wireless split keyboard: Corneucopia by DynamicWhiteHat.
Published September 8, 2025
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DynamicWhiteHat aka Ok-Surprise3540 made a Corne-derivative with Supermini NRF52840 controllers. The Corneucopia also features nice!view displays and per-key RGB lights.
I recently designed my first keyboard using KiCad for the PCB and Fusion for the case. I initially made the PCB for a regular keyboard, but I slowly gained a liking for ergo splits, so I designed this […] This was my first time using a mechanical keyboard as well as using a non-traditional layout (ie, split). It was initially meant to be the Corne keyboard with a rotary encoder to make it "custom," but I dropped the idea since it felt unnatural to have a rotary near the thumb cluster – Ok-Surprise3540.
Features
- 42 keys (6x3+3)
- low-profile Choc switches, hotswap
- Supermini NRF52840 – nice!nano clone
- nice!view support (not fully functional yet)
- per-key RGB
- ZMK firmware
Resources
Published on Mon 8th Sep 2025. Featured in KBD #198.
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