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Skywatch

Skywatch is a nice orthoish monoblock split by Özkan Çelik.

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Published September 14, 2023
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Özkan Çelik (aka ozkan/celikozkan) shared the source files of his Skywatch, a monoblock split with an orthoish arrangement and offset pinky column. Announced earlier in July, this 36% keyboard is powered by an on-board RP2040, and comes with OLED and hotswap support.

Designed to be manufactured and assembled by common PCBA services – Özkan.

Specs

  • 36 keys (3x5+3)
  • hotswap or soldered MX switches
  • Raspberry Pi RP2040 MCU
  • USB-C mid-mount connector
  • 10x addressable (WS2812) underglow RGB LEDs
  • 128x64 OLED display
  • optional Pimoroni trackball

The circuitry of this keyboard is based on the 0xB2 - splinky board by plut0nium.

Pic: Trackball version of Ardakilic

Trackball version of Ardakilic

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Published on Thu 14th Sep 2023. Featured in KBD #135.


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