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ToadsTempest

The ToadsTempest by tikinson is a pocket monoblock, another runner-up in sporewoh's keyboard contest.

KBD.news
Published November 13, 2024

Tikinson's ToadsTempest is probably my favorite entry to sporewoh's pocket keyboard design contest, and not just because crediting kbd.news in the repo. ;) This small 42-keys ergo keyboard project is full of great ideas: featuring acrylic keycaps, reversible half-PCBs while being a unibody split, powered by a CH552T microcontroller, running FAK, etc.

I want to be savage, I like Jiraiya a lot, I want to participate in a challenge. This project is in intersection of those three ideas – tikinson.

Specs

• 42 keys (6x3+3)
• BZCN TSC003B0810A tactile switches
• CH552T MCU
• FAK firmware

Resources

• https://github.com/tikinson/ToadsTempest

Published on Wed 13th Nov 2024. Featured in KBD #179.

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