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MXLEDBitPCB

The MxLEDBitPCB by swanmatch is a 1u Amoeba-alternative with Kailh hotswap support.

KBD.news
Published November 1, 2021

Multiple variants (MX/Choc/MX hotswap) available at: https://github.com/swanmatch/MxLEDBitPCB

So this is not new but was brought to my attention this week by jack-of-some's post:

My MXLEDBIT finally arrived from jlcpcb. 5 bucks for 125 single switch PCBs aint bad – jack-of-some.

My current build uses amoeba v1.6. amoeba wiring was ok, and I don't expect this to be much different. The thing I'm excited about with these is that they have kailh hotswap socket support. With the Amoebas I used millmax which was ok but ended up having a bunch of issues (e.g. it didn't hold nearly as well) – jack-of-some.

Published on Mon 1st Nov 2021. Featured in KBD #50 (source).

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