Split Fire Ahmad Anshori shared Split Fire , a single-MCU handwired split keyboard with VGA connectors and joystick.
KBD.news Published November 9, 2023
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Inspired by Joe Scotto 's ScottoSplit , Ahmad Anshori aka anz507 shared his keyboard with single RP2040 MCU, beefy VGA connectors, plus an additional analog joystick.
The joystick acts as a mouse with left and right click buttons (micro switches).
Specs
36 keys (5x3+3)
handwired
Raspberry Pi Pico RP2040
joystick module
VGA connectors
Resources
Published on Thu 9th Nov 2023. Featured in KBD #143 (source ).
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