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Moon60

An open-source split by Przemysław Paciorek and Damian Pryszcz: Moon60.

KBD.news
Published June 24, 2024

Moon60, designed by Przemysław Paciorek (N00dle/NeckAlone) and Damian Pryszcz (Tymut), is a split keyboard with 4x6 column staggered keys, 5 thumb keys and 1 extra key. This started out as a school project and evolved into a fully functional device.

I just want to show my split board that I had been building in 2023. Switches: Jwick Obsidian Keycaps: Honey and milk Rest are custom work – NeckAlone.

Specs

• 60 keys (6x4+5, plus an extra key per half )
• MX and Choc compatible, hotswap
• reversible PCB
• Pro Micro controller
• 128x32 OLED
• TRRS connection between sides
• optional tenting supported by M12 screws

Resources

• https://github.com/Tymut/Moon60

Published on Mon 24th Jun 2024. Featured in KBD #168 (source).

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