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DigDug

DigDug is weteor's latest model in the Orthocade family: with some exploded key groups.

KBD.news
Published February 4, 2023

The latest model published as part of weteor's Orthocade family is the DigDug – following the nomenclature based on classic video games. It is another ortholinear keyboard with even more offset clusters, and 43-45 keys.

Just going with the 12u and see where I can get with it. I am used to 3x5 layouts and just wanted to add some makro keys and arrow keys without loosing the symmetry of ortho boards. Just from the looks my absolute favourite. – weteor.

Specs

• 43-45 MX switches
• hotswap
• Seeed Xiao controller (RP2040 or BLE) on an Orthocade MCU board
• ZMK (Xiao BLE) or QMK w/vial (Xiao RP2040) support
• Multiple bottom row arrangements supported
• Resin with acrylic inlay case design

Resources

• https://github.com/weteor/DigDug

Published on Sat 4th Feb 2023. Featured in KBD #113.

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