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OmegaISO
An all-ISO Enter board, anyone? Of course it exists: OmegaISO with 94 ISO Enter keycaps.
Published May 30, 2024
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The OmegaISO is a meme board with a WKL TKL-like layout designed around ISO Enter keys.
sadly there's no "ISO spacebar"…;) – Piit79.
While mostly the project by Elia, it was a real community effort. The basic idea emerged in 2021 with Pat toying around with KLE and Hali designing a case. Later Technofrikus redesigned the whole board to fit his 3D printer, finally, Piit of 42. Keebs gave a real boost to the project and took care of the PCB.
Specs
- 94 ISO Enters
- MX, hotswap
- 42. Keebs Frood RP2040 controller
- some LEDs for logo backlight
- case, weight
The originally white Enter caps were turned into Handarbeit colors by dying, committed by Elia.
Resources
- OmegaISO project write-up at Moinboards.
- OmegaISO PCB on Github.
- OmegaISO case on Github.
Published on Thu 30th May 2024. Featured in KBD #166 (source).
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