Dactyl TypeSafe
This wireless vertical Dactyl TypeSafe was designed and shared by u/tewtham.
KBD.newsPublished May 30, 2022
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Fellow redditor tewtham shared his Dactyl TypeSafe, a vertical split keyboard inspired by the SafeType and Dactyl.
Wireless and handwired. (This combination of terms may sound strange but you hopefully know what I mean.)
(This is already v2, the previous one was wired and is archived here.)
Specs
- 22 keys + 3 thumb keys per half
- handwired
- wireless via nice!nanos
- 34mm trackball
- non-slip mat
- D-pad buttons
- JST connectors "for everything"
- a bunch of metal plates (weights)
After featuring keyboards with various trackball sizes (e.g. cocot46plus) and materials (sodalite sphere), let's hear tewtham's opinion:
Any 34mm ball will probably work, but I think it's best to use a replacement trackball. You will get better response and precision – tewtham.
GitHub repo with STLs: https://github.com/tewtham/dactyl-typesafe
Published on Mon 30th May 2022. Featured in KBD #80 (source).
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