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Mathpad
Summa Cogni's Mathpad is a dedicated device that makes it easy to type equations.
Published June 4, 2025
The tiny Mathpad, released by Summa Cogni's Magne Lauritzen, is a macropad intended for engineers, scientists, students, and professionals in STEM fields who regularly need to write equations or who use mathematical symbols in their day-to-day work. It uses the power of Unicode to output potentially every symbol in existence.
With the Mathpad you can type 112 symbols from algebra, calculus, set theory, and logic, and the full greek alphabet – Summa Cogni.
If you know the project by a different name (e.g. Mathboard), Mathpad had to be renamed right after ordering prototypes. Yikes!
Specs
- 16 keys
- low-pro Gateron K-33 switches, hotswap
- files and decals for the custom keycaps
- files for a machined enclosure
- dimensions: 10 x 7.5 cm (4 x 3 in)
A physical switch allows you to select the output mode for your preferred editor in seconds, including plain text (outputting standard Unicode symbols), LaTeX, Microsoft Office Equation Editor or LibreOffice Equation Editor (currently in development).
Resources
- https://github.com/Summa-Cogni/Mathpad
- launching soon on Crowd Supply as well
Published on Wed 4th Jun 2025. Featured in KBD #192 (source).
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