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Tony Jeffree's MiniNova is a cute 30% staggered keyboard with exposed diodes.

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Published April 7, 2022
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The MiniNova II, this nice 30% staggered keyboard designed by Tony Jeffree aka tj_shex, is wireless, runs ZMK, and is open-source.

Some more pics: https://imgur.com/a/SRk8z1u

I was looking for a compact, staggered keyboard to take notes with in meetings to avoid using my terrible laptop keyboard. So I made this – tj_shex.

  • Custom PCB
  • nice!nano v2 for its Bluetooth capabilities
  • Programmed with ZMK
  • Gateron mute yellow switches
  • AliExpress bee keycaps
  • Stacked 3D printed case

According to Tony, the 3D print has a little too much flex: "I should have put 2 more screw holes down the long sides".

Github repo: https://github.com/tjeffree/mininovaii-keyboard

If you, like me, are wondering if there was a MiniNova I before the MiniNova II, the answer is: yep. But Tony never finished the first version, "as is often the case in many of my projects".

Version 1 was a more traditional tiny keyboard - with more of the keys you'd expect, components hidden and no corner cut-off. I wanted to make it smaller and make it fit on my size limited 3D printer bed (an Anycubic Mega S).
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Published on Thu 7th Apr 2022. Featured in KBD #73 (source).


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