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Ghazal

A wireless unibody split with integrated trackball and more: Ghazal by AlSaMoMo.

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Published August 5, 2024
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Alaa Saad Mansour aka AlSaMoMo shared his Ghazal, a cool 30-key wireless monoblock keyboard with trackball.

Specs

  • 34 keys
  • dedicated arrow cluster
  • MX/Choc, hotswap
  • trackball, using the PWM3610 via VIK module
  • wireless via nice!nano
  • display (nice!view)
  • 5-way switches

The trackball sensor is PMW3610 built with a VIK module which can be found here.

What's below the key cluster are 5 way switches. I used them instead of encoders because they are better for battery life – Alaa.

The caps are DES by Pseudoku.

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Published on Mon 5th Aug 2024. Featured in KBD #171.


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