Fat Cruiser v1 Marcus Östling made a low-pro monoblock split: Fat Cruiser .
KBD.news Published July 15, 2024
Marcus Östling aka mackeper designed Fat Cruiser , a low-pro monoblock split driven by a Raspberry Pi Pico.
This is the first keyboard I design and the first I build. It has been my daily driver for about a month now, both during work as a .NET developer and in NeoVim on personal projects. I must say that I didn't think I would like it as much as I do! – mackeper.
Specs
36 keys (5x3+3)
Choc, soldered
Raspberry Pi Pico H
significant pinky stagger
Resources
Published on Mon 15th Jul 2024. Featured in KBD #169 (source ).
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