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Keiler
Keiler is a diodeless 36-key design by jonathanforking, based off of the LambBT.
Published July 12, 2024
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Based off of John Lamb's LambBT, Keiler is a diodeless 36-key design by jonathanforking – with plenty of splay.
based off of the LambBT and inspired by the rae-dux. The idea to include case magnets and duplicate, adjacent slots for the feet was borrowed from Corax54 – jonathanforking.
Specs
- 36 keys (3x5+3 per half)
- Choc V1, hotswap
- reversible PCB
- wireless via nice!nano, ZMK
Everything has splay, including the index finger, which is also shifted downwards to sit between ring and pinky fingers in terms of height. The index finger adjustments is an attempt to address the fact that men usually have longer ring than index fingers, as well as hands typically being slightly tilted while typing ("due to the thumb pushing the hand up on flat keyboards, which causes the index to flare inwards").
Thumb splay is a bit less aggressive than on other keyboards, as I personally noticed my thumbs to prefer slightly more lateral movement. I also tried to avoid underreaching, while not moving the outer thumb key too far away – Jonathan.
Resources
Published on Fri 12th Jul 2024. Featured in KBD #169 (source).
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