Le Capybara Sporkus ' Le Capybara is a capacitive sensing (aka Topre) keyboard in Le Chiffre layout.
KBD.news 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:
Resources
Published on Fri 8th Dec 2023. Featured in KBD #146 (source ).
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