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Större

STHLM kb announced Större, an easy-to-build 75% keyboard kit with exposed diode cluster and using only through-hole components.

KBD.news
Published October 13, 2023

Moses Hoyt (aka mojibber/mohoyt) of STHLM kb announced his Större, an easy-to-build 75% keyboard kit using only through-hole components. Open-sourced and also available as a kit.

The name "Större", meaning bigger in Swedish, is an apt choice for this new 75% board which follows in the footsteps of the 65% Lagom and 40% Litl board in terms of design and features. All in all, Större is the latest member of this product family, coming with an extra row of function keys.

Features

• Flexible layout options
• Customisable OLED screen
• 2 rotary encoders
• Discrete microcontroller (e.g. Pro Micro)
• Easy soldering with through-hole components

Större build timelapse video:

Resources

Available at sthlmkb.com as kit, and also as open source:

• Större GitHub repo
• Större product page

Published on Fri 13th Oct 2023. Featured in KBD #139.

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