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MMOAbom56
An asymmetric low-profile keyboard for playing MMO games: MMOAbom56 by ujl123.
Published August 5, 2024
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The MMOAbom56 by ujl123 is a keyboard mainly for gaming, with more keys on the left side for in-game chat.
I used Ergogen and this incredible guide and built the entire design in under a week. I then procrastinated on the firmware for a month before having it working a few days ago – UJL123.
According to the author, for MMO games there's a lot of in-game chat, which requires the left half to be more feature rich. Much less keys are required on the right, so no need for 6 rows there, and ujl123 was running out of pins anyway.
The case is 3d printed using the footprint of the PCB and a little bit more on the margins, some walls extruded around it.
Specs
- 56 keys, offset ortho
- low-pro Choc, hotswap
- Pro Micro footprint
- QMK
Resources
Published on Mon 5th Aug 2024. Featured in KBD #171 (source).
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