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Open-sourced flexible PCBs

Fmcraft published his flexible Dactyl Manuform PCBs.

KBD.news
Published October 22, 2021

The BastardKB's Dactyl Manuform Flexible PCBs go open-source:

• Plates: https://github.com/Bastardkb/PCB_plate_DM
• Thumbs: https://github.com/Bastardkb/PCB_Thumbs_DM

[…] you shouldn't order that in flex. Normal PCB with .6mm thickness is more than enough. .8mm will also work but you will struggle a bit more during installation – Fmcraft.

If you want to modify the design files, the Kicad sources are included. If you just want to order the PCBs, check out the Release section which contain the gerber files.

Published on Fri 22nd Oct 2021. Featured in KBD #49 (source).

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