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KaRP2040

u/jammerkiai's KaRP2040 is an RP2040-Zero based unibody split keyboard.

KBD.news
Published March 14, 2023

The KaRP2040 is a basic no-frills 34-key, wired unibody split keyboard by Jon Mereria aka jammerkiai – sporting an RP2040-Zero module running KMK.

I spent some time traveling with the wireless split keyboard I built a few months ago. While I enjoyed using it, there were some situations where I thought having a wired unibody keyboard made more sense – jammerkiai.

Specs

• Waveshare RP2040-Zero controller
• 34 low-profile Kailh Choc switches
• SMD diodes (SOD-123 1N4148)
• CircuitPython, KMK

Resources

• https://github.com/makgyber/karp2040 with Gerber files

Published on Tue 14th Mar 2023. Featured in KBD #116 (source).

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