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Pi5

Pi5 is a monoblock angled ortho keyboard open sourced by ihihbs.

KBD.news
Published November 25, 2022

Pi5 is a unibody split 38-key keyboard designed and shared by Luke Schutt aka ihihbs.

Inspiration heavily drawn from the ChocV. With the different revisions I'd changed the name multiple times as I realized they're too close to other projects but forgot to check "Pi5" while having fun drawing the logo. I'm open to other suggestions – ihihbs.

The board consists of two boards, the main PCB and a mounting plate. The switches are on a 19x19mm spacing with the footprint supporting Kailh Choc V1, V2, Gateron low profile, and (untested) MX switches.

Resources

• https://github.com/luke-schutt/Pi5Keyboard

Published on Fri 25th Nov 2022. Featured in KBD #104 (source).

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