Saru48W+ Salvatore La Bua 's Saru48W+ is a handwired 13x4 ortholinear keyboard in a nice case.
KBD.news Published January 12, 2024
As for the layout, the Saru48W+ is a vanilla 13x4 ortho, however, an exceptionally nice one with some clever ideas. Handwired, driven by a nice!nano, designed by Salvatore La Bua aka slabua
My third keyboard designed from scratch […] I wanted a more compact portable keyboard with Bluetooth connectivity and an encoder. Different MCU, different firmware – slabua.
Specs
48-key ortho (13x4 layout, but the bottom row has larger caps)
nice!nano, ZMK
encoder
handwired
3D printed case (and encoder knob)
Resources
Check out the repo for more photos and info:
Published on Fri 12th Jan 2024. Featured in KBD #150 (source ).
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