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MiniNova
Tony Jeffree's MiniNova is a cute 30% staggered keyboard with exposed diodes.
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).
Published on Thu 7th Apr 2022. Featured in KBD #73 (source).
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