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Fulcrum

The Fulcrum is a 20-key keyboard with horizontal 5-way switch joysticks – designed by ghostfaceschiller.

KBD.news
Published January 18, 2023

Fulcrum by ghostfaceshiller aka dshil138 is a split keyboard with a pretty unique use of horizontally arranged 5-way switches.

The Fulcrum Keyboard is an 20-key ergomechanical split keyboard, with two rotary encoders, and two 5-way switches. It runs on KMK circuitpython firmware – dshil138.

The 5-way joystick, plus the regular key switch placed directly below it, puts six different actions at the tip of each thumb, all with minimal movement.

Resources

• https://github.com/dschil138/Fulcrum

Published on Wed 18th Jan 2023. Featured in KBD #112 (source).

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