Dreadnoughtus A 7x26 ortholinear keyboard: Dreadnoughtus by TehArks .
KBD.news Published January 12, 2023
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Kristofer Koehn aka TehArks shared his 7x26 ortho inspired by the FU!Keyboard :
One of the first 7x26 ortholinear keyboards! Inspired by the FU!Keyboard by ILWrites . […] I did my best to make it as silly as possible. I have a 4x12 ortho and while using it I thought: wouldn't it be cool to have like four of these glued together? – TehArks
Sporting an Elite Pi development board and making use of the improved square matrix with w0lfwood 's trick to allow low-power mode.
Specs
7x26 ortholinear layout
Custom PCB through JLCPCB
Low Power Improved Square Matrix
Custom brass plates from laserboost.com
Elite PI microcontroller
1x DSA Milkshake Weirds, 4x DSA Milkshake fruits
C³EQUALZ X TKC Dragon Fruit Switches
OLED screen with bongo cat
dinosaur silk screen art
Resources
Published on Thu 12th Jan 2023. Featured in KBD #111 (source ).
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