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Dreadnoughtus
A 7x26 ortholinear keyboard: Dreadnoughtus by TehArks.
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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