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Pteron36 finalized
The design of Pteron36, an open source 36 key split keyboard by smart345bond, is finalized.
Published June 25, 2021
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The Pteron36 was already announced and featured in KBD. However, smart345bond kept working on the design which is now declared finished.
https://github.com/harshitgoel96/pteron36-split-keyboard
Background:
I have been using Lily58 as my daily for a some time, but my thumb and pinky were very cramped and I did not like the feel of those two. I wanted the inner most thumb key to be moved out, and the arc of thumb cluster to be more natural.
I found the original Pteron by FSund, and I knew it is exactly what I was looking for. So I modified the PCB files of Kraken-Jokes to make this board.
Published on Fri 25th Jun 2021. Featured in KBD #32 (source).
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