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Kaly42

Dwctor shared some photos of Kaly42, a cute split keyboard inspired by a... caliper?!

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Published July 21, 2023
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After some time with a Planck-like CSTC40 Kael 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:

Pic:

The name is a perfect fit:

Pic:

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.
  • https://github.com/Dwctor/Kaly
  • More photos in the original post.
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Published on Fri 21st Jul 2023. Featured in KBD #128 (source).

Tags: split

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