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Fissure

Steven's Fissure is a 40-key BLE split featuring his steno engine.

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Published April 3, 2022
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This design isn't really new, Steven built this board mid-July last year, so it's been almost 9 months now.

The Fissure is fully BLE, and of follows the author's tradition on using the embedded steno engine.

Github repo: https://github.com/crides/fissure

  • Switches: Choc v1, 15g gchoc on fingers, 12g Red Pro on thumbs and pinkies
  • Spacing: Choc v1 minimum spacing (15x18mm, lower on some columns)
  • Keycaps: SQDG with SLA resin (on craftcloud) and 4 resin DCJS
  • Controller: nRF52840 with the holyiot 18010 module
  • Display (not shown): the old SSD1306 128x32 OLED

Btw, steven4012 maintains a page for all the past versions if you are interested not just in the end product but also the progress.

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Published on Sun 3rd Apr 2022. Featured in KBD #72 (source).

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