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HillSideView

Shay's HillSideView is a derivative of the original Hillside – with nice!view and more changes.

KBD.news
Published November 9, 2023

Shay aka wannabecoffeenerd modified mmccoyd's original Hillside and created HillSideView (HSV) with nice!view displays and many other new features.

While looking for my first ergo mech keyboard, I wanted something small with choc switches (and spacing), splay and wireless support. The Hillside 46 looked really nice but I wanted to make some changes to it including support for the nice!view, a large battery and the cirque trackpad. That prompted creating a fork of the Hillside 46 called the HillSideView (HSV) – shaysub.

Specs

• 40-46 keys (6x3+5 or 5x3+5), splay
• low-pro Choc switches, soldered, Choc spacing
• break-off outer pinkie column
• reversible PCB
• underglow, encoder support, tenting puck support

New features compared to the Hillside 46:

• nice!view e-paper display for better battery life
• under-PCB mount for the MCU for a cleaner top display mounting
• cleaner outer pinky column cut-off
• support for a Cirque trackpad (FFC connector on the PCB)
• case design supporting large 750-3000 mAh batteries under the PCB
• magnetic tenting stand with the case

Resources

• Repo: https://github.com/wannabecoffeenerd/HillSideView/
• More photos: https://imgur.com/a/YDMosnA

Published on Thu 9th Nov 2023. Featured in KBD #143 (source).

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