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chocV - 36-key low-pro board
The chocV by brickbots is the 36-key low profile love child of the Horizon and BabyV keyboards.
Published December 16, 2021
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This is a 36-key choc keyboard based on the Horizon construction (double PCB) and a trimmed down BabyV layout.
The Horizon features a very unique and innovative construction and when I saw it, I knew I had to build one… but I've become really enamoured with the Miryoku layout on my BabyV. So I decided to mash them together and see what happens. Thus the chocV was born! – brickbots.
Github repo: https://github.com/brickbots/chocV
The chocV builds on the two-PCB concept described by Steven Karrmann. A second PCB is put on the standard one matching all the components to protect them and your desk at the same time.
Published on Thu 16th Dec 2021. Featured in KBD #57 (source).
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