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Crosses

Crosses is a modular ergonomic keyboard with trackball – shared by Vinnie Franco.

KBD.news
Published January 27, 2025

Vincent Franco aka timbetimbe of Good Great Grand Wonderful LLC shared the files of his Crosses, an ergo split with trackball(s) and an interesting thumb cluster approach. Open source, but also available as a DIY kit or fully pre-built keyboard at ergokeyboards.com (15% off with the KBDNEWS coupon code).

Made with a precise trackball sensor. Eliminating the need to have another pointing device, everything is within reach – vinniefranco.

Features

• 36-52 keys (3x5, 3x6, 4x6 variants)
• Kailh Choc switches, hotswap
• Pro Micro footprint
• Left/right or dual trackballs
• Optional OLED screens

Video

Resources

• https://github.com/Good-Great-Grand-Wonderful/crosses
• https://ergokeyboards.com/

Published on Mon 27th Jan 2025. Featured in KBD #185 (source).

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