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Testamatta #011
Nakamura Hideki announced the testamatta #011, a nice low-pro unibody angled split keyboard.
Published September 20, 2023
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Nakamura Hideki (aka hide-key) from Yokohama shared his latest project: the monoblock split testamatta #011 with exposed diodes and a XIAO controller.
After smaller projects like the Christmas ornament keypad and Lion head macropad, as well as the ortholinear Testamatta keyboard #010 with the cool homemade keycaps, the #011 is a more ergonomic unibody – low-profile Choc switches with MX spacing.
Specs
- 46 keys (6x4-ish per half)
- low-pro Choc switches
- exposed SMD diodes
- Seeed XIAO controller
Resources
While not open-source, you can find the Gerbers in the repo:
Published on Wed 20th Sep 2023. Featured in KBD #136 (source).
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