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Nomad keyboard

Andreas Tacke shared his Nomad, a 7x5 keys low-profile split with per-key RGB.

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Published September 19, 2024
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The Nomad is a 7×5 keys column-staggered split keyboard designed and shared by Andreas Tacke aka fiendie. It is based largely on the Sofle Choc by Brian Low and uses low-profile Choc v1 switches with hotswap sockets, plus features per-key RGB lighting via SK6812 Mini-E LEDs.

I'm a long-time user of both the ErgoDox EZ and the ZSA Moonlander the latter of which I still use as my daily driver. After I took the Moonlander with me on a few work trips I found the form factor a bit awkward at times. […] I would describe myself as an ambitious hobbyist when it comes to PCB design but the first prototypes turned out pretty OK and so the Nomad was born – fiendie.

The Nomad takes its design cues from keyboards like the aforementioned Sofle or a Corne Choc but with a physical key layout you would find on something like an Erogdash, although the column stagger is largely based on the Moonlander.

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Compared to the Sofle Choc, the nomad offers an additional thumb cluster key, an additional modifier key in the 5th row and a 7th inner column with 3 keys each. To make the keyboard more compact, there's no option for a rotary encoder.

Specs

  • 68 keys, low-pro Choc, hotswap
  • reversible PCB
  • per-key RGB (SK6812 Mini-E)
  • display

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Published on Thu 19th Sep 2024. Featured in KBD #175 (source).


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