Shay's HillSideView is a derivative of the original Hillside – with nice!view and more changes.
KBD.news Published November 9, 2023
Creators! Feel free to tip me off about your keyboard related projects to bring them to 100K readers.
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
6x3 HSV version
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