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Smiler18

A 18-key unibody split: Smiler18 designed by weykn.

KBD.news
Published July 26, 2024

The Smiler18 is a custom minimal unibody keyboard, designed by weykn/vswey.

This is my 18-key keyboard, I'm using a One-Shot-Layer as second Alpha. After 5 days of practice I'm getting a WPM of 30-45, I used QWERTY before – vswey.

The design was inspired by Ben Vallack's 16-key layout.

Specs

• 18 keys
• low-pro Choc switches, hotswap
• RP2040-Zero
• Vial or QMK firmware

Resources

• https://github.com/weykn/Smiler18

Published on Fri 26th Jul 2024. Featured in KBD #170 (source).

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