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Thorium

Thorium is a small ortholinear split keyboard by note96e.

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Published October 10, 2023
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The design files and documentation of Thorium, this cute split ortho have been published by note96e.

It's wireless via Xiao nRF52840s, and thanks to the sub-100mm PCB, it's relatively cheap to manufacture.

Features

  • ortholinear, split, 34 keys
  • MX switches, hotswap (only)
  • wireless
  • dongle
  • small PCB (96mm x 77mm)
  • 3D printed cases and plates
  • Lipo battery (260mAh)
  • Seeed Studio XIAO nRF52840
  • ZMK Firmware

Resources

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Published on Tue 10th Oct 2023. Featured in KBD #139 (source).


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