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Le Capybara

Sporkus' Le Capybara is a capacitive sensing (aka Topre) keyboard in Le Chiffre layout.

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Published December 8, 2023
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The build in the top photo was posted by ArisPilton, and the board is Sporkus' Le Capybara, a capacitive sensing (aka EC/Topre) keyboard in Le Chiffre layout.

Specs

  • 44-47 keys
  • capacitive/Topre switches
  • on-board controller
  • OLED, rotary encoder and LED strip support

While there are 30 mounting holes to assemble the PCB-switch-plate sandwich, 15-20 sets should be more than enough:

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Published on Fri 8th Dec 2023. Featured in KBD #146 (source).

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