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Sweek

The Sweek is earvingad's version of the Ferris/Sweep.

KBD.news
Published June 10, 2025

The 36-key Sweek, shared by earvingad, was inspired by predecessors like the Ferris and Sweep. The K in the name comes from it using KMK.

After two handwired keyboards, I finally made a PCB of my handwired Sweek version. I really like Ferris/sweep design but wanted 36 keys and I did not like the swoop variant due to the inside placement of the thumb key/encoder, so I made my own – earvingad.

Features

• 36 keys (5x3+3)
• soldered MX, Choc V1/V2, Redragon LP support
• RP2040 MCU
• reversible PCB
• EC11 encoder
• OLED
• KMK

Resources

In the repo you can find two versions of the PCB: one including encoders and 128x32 OLED with diodes, and a minimal diodeless version (without encoder and OLED).

• https://github.com/earvingad/Sweek

Published on Tue 10th Jun 2025. Featured in KBD #192 (source).

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