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Railroad keyboard

The Railroad keyboard, DiplomacyPunIn10Did's first design, is now open source.

KBD.news
Published October 31, 2021

For anyone interested in building my first keyboard design, I have made it open source – DiplomacyPunIn10Did.

PCB and plate files on GitHub:

https://github.com/nopunin10did/railroad-keyboard

While this layout is definitely not for everyone, the function keys in the center make it somewhat better ulnar-deviation-wise compared to a classic monoblock ortho. Also, utilizing a standard keycap set is a nice feature.

Published on Sun 31st Oct 2021. Featured in KBD #50 (source).

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