Dwctor shared some photos of Kaly42, a cute split keyboard inspired by a... caliper?!
KBD.news Published July 21, 2023
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After some time with a Planck-like CSTC40Kael Augusto aka Dwctor decided that he wanted his own ergo split keyboard. The result is Kaly42:
I strongly was against a thumb cluster where I could only type the two inner thumb keys and I wanted it to have a small mascot, like the Ferris Sweep had! – Dwctor.
Specs
Built from scratch in Ergogen & KiCad, the core ideas that the author tried to follow when making this keyboard was for it to be affordable, cute and have all of the keys be reachable:
Blackpill controller
Choc v1 switches
TRRS connector
Type C cable to the host
If you, like me, thought that a caliper is an unlikely contender for being a cute mascot, we were both wrong:
The name is a perfect fit:
Resources
The project will be open sourced with a few videos on how it was made (the full process from the keyboard idea to the finished product). Later.