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Sachiel

Sachiel is a 34-key unibody split keyboard with 25mm trackball – designed by protieusz.

KBD.news
Published September 3, 2024

Protieusz shared the Gerbers of his Sachiel, a 34-key monoblock split with an integrated 25mm trackball, inspired by weteor's Grumpy.

The name Sachiel is derived from one of the angels of an anime – Protieusz.

Even though the keyboard was inspired by weteor's work, the KLE layout was done from scratch.

The "missing keys" of the Grumpy (Q, P, B and N) were added to make it a standard 30-key alpha layout. The Win and Enter keys were added to columns 3 and 10, and the thumb keys were shrunk to 1U.

Specs

• 34 keys
• MX, soldered
• RP2040 Core-A devboard
• 25mm trackball (PMW3360 sensor)

Resources

• https://github.com/protieusz/Sachiel

Published on Tue 3rd Sep 2024. Featured in KBD #174.

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