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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:

• Github
• Thingiverse
• Printables

Published on Fri 12th Jan 2024. Featured in KBD #150 (source).

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