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btrfld v2
Evalyn Emmerich released the next iteration of her folding btrfld – now with PCBs.
Published February 23, 2023
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Evalyn Emmerich aka SolidHal shared the files of her Btrfld v2 (pronounced "butter-fold"). The originally handwired keyboard comes with a set of PCBs now.
Now with PCBs! No more awful hours of handwiring! – SolidusHal.
Featured in KBD#76, the Btrfld (v1) was the "foldable, portable sibling of the btrfly" – another handwired monoblock keyboard by the same author.
Despite the new PCBs, Evalyn still doesn't recommend the btrfld for a first build, especially because of the folding mechanism:
Getting the steel rods cut, ensuring the ribbon cables are the right length, and soldering the flipped smd diodes are some unique challenges that assembling something like a corne or dactyl variant doesn't have.
Features
- 5 key dactyl-manuform-mini thumb cluster
- flat, tented qwerty keys
- 6 extra mappable keys
- bluetooth (optional)
- folds flat for portability
Resources
Published on Thu 23rd Feb 2023. Featured in KBD #114 (source).
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