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Split Fire

Ahmad Anshori shared Split Fire, a single-MCU handwired split keyboard with VGA connectors and joystick.

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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

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Published on Thu 9th Nov 2023. Featured in KBD #143 (source).

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