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‘Ākohekohe

A nice low-pro Hummingbird-like monoblock split by Reeve: ‘Ākohekohe.

KBD.news
Published August 23, 2024

Reeve's ʻākohekohe is a 26-key, column-staggered, unibody split keyboard made with ergogen and KiCad. Named after the ʻākohekohe bird, (“AH-kohay-kohay”). Basically a ZilpZalp with thumbs cut off.

I recently released my first board, the ʻākohekohe. I really love the hummingbird keyboards and made my own iteration as a love letter to the Zilpzalp, Grumpy, Fitis and Rufous. It was designed in Ergogen and KiCAD, and I have it fully open-source on GitHub – Reeve.

Specs

• 26 keys
• low-pro Choc
• Seeed XIAO compatible controller
• wireless (optional)
• ZMK

Resources

• https://github.com/grassfedreeve/akohekohe

Published on Fri 23rd Aug 2024. Featured in KBD #173.

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