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Fissure
Steven's Fissure is a 40-key BLE split featuring his steno engine.
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.
Published on Sun 3rd Apr 2022. Featured in KBD #72 (source).
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