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Tips & Tricks

Skådis made keeb-friendly

The familiar Skådis pegboard made keeb-friendly by jk_pens.

QWERTY scores by language

Data visualizer desfirsit investigated which language is easiest to type on a QWERTY keyboard.

Extreme tenting

Minimalist high-angle tenting by macroxue.

GK707 case

A 3D printed case for the GK707 shared by RogerArbogast.

Caps Word and other QMK tips

A QMK keymap with short blog posts by Mental_General_5445 explaining tricks like autocorrection, Caps Word, getting Shift keys right, etc.

Adafruit KB2040 controller

Adafruit announced the preliminary pinouts of its RP2040 based KB2040 controller: the Keeboars.

Open-source Zodiark cases

Levener created different versions of 3D printable cases for the Zodiark by Split Logic Keyboards.

A stylish Iris case

COrthbandt has built and shared a new 3D printed Iris case

3D printed BM43 case

Commercial_Dinner989 has shared his second 3D printed project, a case for a BM43 PCB.

Hinged keyboard wall mount

Keep Raspberry Pi 400 keyboard out of the way with sozman's 3D printed hinged keyboard supports.

Mercutio hinge mount set

jdigi78 designed and published an ultrawide display mount for the Mercutio.

MXLEDBitPCB

The MxLEDBitPCB by swanmatch is a 1u Amoeba-alternative with Kailh hotswap support.

USB-C Pro Micro issues

Difference in routing of some USB-C Pro Micro clones reported by hellmoneywarriors.

Imitating various layouts

Imitating various ergo keyboard layouts with Zebra. Posted by key-yack.

Open-sourced flexible PCBs

Fmcraft published his flexible Dactyl Manuform PCBs.

A low profile socketing method

An easy method for low profile socketing with standard 24 pin wide socket. Posted by atlantesque.

Dactyl Chimera

Dactyl Chimera, a 3D ergo keyboard test bench by WolfIcefang.

Laser cut cardboard keyboard

A 60% cardboard keyboard cut by laser with video and sound test. Committed by NotmeJR.

Model F restoration

A well-documented Model F restoration by epictronics.

Crkbd magnetic case

This is a 3D printed magnetic case by taksi_kavausuki for Crkbd choc keyboards – with STL file.

GMK color samples

Sample caps from the GMK Colour Ring shot by flehrad with various backgrounds and different light temperatures.

Pimoroni trackball support in ZMK

Coded, built and tested by cdc_mkb on a Zephirum, Pimoroni PIM447 trackball is now supported in ZMK firmware.

Double-keyboard ergonomics

Years of pain solved by a really obvious keyboard tweak.

Brute-force encoder integration

A modified Gherkin by bgkendall featuring a rotary encoder.

USB-C Pro Micro size comparison

Fantastic-Onion4292 posted some photos of the new USB-C Pro Micro compared to the classic one.

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