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Mod Mmm

Another project by Ming-Gih Lam: Mod Mmm PCB for the IBM Model M to turn it into a hotswap MX keyboard.

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Published April 22, 2023
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Beside the ArtPad, Ming-Gih Lam aka dcpedit also published the well-documented Mod Mmm, a PCB designed to replace all internal components of an IBM Model M keyboard. You keep the curved steel backplate, mount this PCB, and get a versatile MX-compatible Model M. Brilliant or pure evil? Genius or heresy? You tell me.

Features

  • Hotswap PCB for MX switches
  • Multiple layout support, including ISO, split spacebar, and 4x5 numpad.
  • Supports up to 3 rotary encoders
  • Piezo buzzer
  • Solenoid
  • USB-C support via STM32F411 Blackpill.
  • Vial firmware

Typing test

IBM Model M meets Kailh Box whites:

Resources

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Published on Sat 22nd Apr 2023. Featured in KBD #120 (source).

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