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Harite v3
Dane Lipscombe's Harite v3 is another iteration on his directional keyboard, now with 4-way joysticks.
Published July 21, 2025
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The Harite is a series of open-source directional keyboards à la Svalboard or Charachorder, designed by Dane Lipscombe (aka dlip/fata1err0r81). V1 used 5-way switches, V2 already had a modular thumb cluster, and the current V3 release has 12 joysticks with with 48 mouse switches beneath the surface.
Having the thumb cluster at 90 degrees is partly to make it better to 3d print, but I don't find it uncomfortable at all, and since the up direction is my most common switch, having the slight upward tilt of the thumb makes it easier to press – Dane.
This board uses 3D-printed joysticks/levers sitting on ball bearings to press the four mouse switches beneath them.
Features
- 4-way joystick cluster using mouse switches with a 35-40g actuation force
- 48 total switches
- Seeed XIAO nRF52840-Plus controller
- Bluetooth wireless or USB-C wired
- Dual 40 mm Cirque trackpads for pointing and scrolling
- 2 mm ball bearings
- ZMK studio support for live keymap changes
Video demo
Resources
Published on Mon 21st Jul 2025. Featured in KBD #195 (source).
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