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Klein keyboard
A feature-rich split design by noSNK supporting Pro Micro and XIAO footprints: Klein.
Published October 27, 2022
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Named after the German mathematician Christian Felix Klein, this Klein is a split keyboard by noSNK aka Shashank, supporting controllers with both Pro Micro and Seeed XIAO footprints.
My first custom keyboard design Klein, with bluetooth, encoder, touchpad, oled, buzzer and haptics – noSNK.
Features
- Column staggered
- Bluetooth compatible with power switch
- Seeed Studio XIAO / Pro Micro (nice!nano, KB2040, etc.) compatible
- Hotswap MX and Choc support
- Trackpad support with FPC/FFC connector + ribbon cable and direct wiring
- SMD and through hole diode footprint
Resources
- GitHub repo.
- Firmware.
- The project on hackster.io.
The PCB and assembly was sponsered by Seeed Fusion PCBA (coupon).
Published on Thu 27th Oct 2022. Featured in KBD #100 (source).
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