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, hotswap
RP2040 Zero
Vial or QMK firmware
Resources
Published on Fri 26th Jul 2024. Featured in KBD #170 (source ).
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