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A wireless split with dual trackballs: Levels by Vincent Franco.

KBD.news
Published March 24, 2025

Vincent Franco aka timbetimbe of ergokeyboards.com made Levels, this wireless ergo split equipped with dual trackballs.

In the spirit of experimentation, I've decided to build a 54 key, wireless split with dual trackballs. What you are looking at is an MX switch based, wireless, split with a stainless steel switch plate. Once assembled - the keeb has a nice chonky boy feel that I deeply appreciate. Finally, since I am an 80s kid based the design on some of those little Casio keyboards(musical) from that era – Vincent.

Specs

• 54 keys (6x4+3)
• MX, hotswap
• trackball
• 3D-printed case
• wireless, ZMK

For the time being, the Levels requires a prospector dongle, which is a build in itself.

Resources

• https://github.com/Good-Great-Grand-Wonderful/levels-zmk

Published on Mon 24th Mar 2025. Featured in KBD #189 (source).

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