Quetzal KeyboardDweebs' open-source Quetzal is not the usual 100% keyboard you'd expect.
KBD.news Published January 11, 2023
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Quetzal by keyboarddweebs – continuing naming his boards after bird species – has a 100%ish layout, but with a monoblock angled body and the numpad on the left.
This is my first commission. I call it the Quetzal. it's open source! more details in the comments – keyboarddweebs.
The board uses a Pico Zero MCU and uses a Japanese duplex matrix to accommodate such a small controller. The firmware for now is PRK because of its built-in duplex matrix support.
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Published on Wed 11th Jan 2023. Featured in KBD #111 (source ).
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