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Tiwaz

Timo's Tiwaz is an ortho split gaming keyboard with joysticks and gaskets.

KBD.news
Published June 2, 2026

The Tiwaz, shared by Timo (aka tstrube/Breschtling) is an ortholinear split keyboard with dual joystick setup, gasket-mounted plate and hot-swappable switches. Each half works standalone as well, as a one-handed controller or macropad.

The defining feature are the joysticks. They can operate as regular analog gampead sticks, digital buttons, or mouse input, and use ribbon cables to connect to the PCB – Timo.

There are multiple options including solder pads that allow access to the joysticks pins for custom applications.

Specs

• 76 keys (7x5+3 ortho split)
• MX switches, hotswap
• on-board RP2040 MCU
• joystick (Alps Alpine RKJX21224001)
• per-key RGB
• 3D-printed case
• QMK/Vial

Resources

• https://github.com/tstrube/Tiwaz
• Assembly video

Published on Tue 2nd Jun 2026. Featured in KBD #212 (source).

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