Tips & Tricks EurKoi shared a 3D-printed case for the Corne in the style of Angrymiao's AFA.
A 3D printable enclosure for the Adafruit Macropad PCB – designed by Kronocide, inspired by the Nuphy Halo 96 keyboard.
A Crkbd laptop dock by a8ksh4 designed for his Steam Deck.
DDC is a new cylindrical keycap profile for Choc switches – designed by LowproKB.
Taiwanese keycap manufacturer Tai-Hao is about to roll out a new family of low-pro caps – for both Choc and MX switches.
Chris Trotter's Fusion360 tutorial details how to design custom parametric keywells, used e.g. for his ArcBoard.
A keyboard design framework with adjustable columns on a rail system: Seismos by Danny Vo.
Tardigrade shared some 3D models to fill the gaps of Alice boards.
Magnetic case and tenting for the Sweep keyboard: Msweep by Runningtarrens.
Victor published the CLP keycap profile, comprising a set of 19 nice sculpted keycap variants for MX switches.
CMY (Cylindrical Minimal Y) is a new open-source keycap profile by Sadek Baroudi for both MX and low-profile switches.
Kooziecup shared multiple high-profile cases for the Lily58 and Corne.
Felix Kuehling released the updated keycaps for his Mantis keyboard.
Oak Ninja published a 3D printed EC12 encoder knob with skirt.
The Gboard team is back with another weird input device: the portable and fashionable Gboard CAPS – which is a hat keyboard!
The Svlinky is a new open-source RP2040 controller that natively supports Sadek Baroudi's VIK standard proposal.
Alakuu from Skree.us revised his flexible PCBs and designed a new XIAO-Flex MCU breakout board.
Holykeebs offers various popular splits with a trackpoint module.
Nikita Shirokov shared KLP Lamé, a set of new keycaps for Kailh Choc switches.
Mobop is a retro-inspired uniform keycap profile shared by Penk Chen – for low-pro switches!
Sadek Baroudi released his VIK standard, which is a set of specifications and guidelines for interfacing between printed circuit boards, e.g. a main keyboard PCB and a module that supports specific features.
Honestly, where is this hobby heading? Dye-sub camo switches by Keychron.
FalbaTech's Origami bag is an environmentally friendly way to transport your split keyboards.
Created by Hammer & Buger.Work, CRP-X is a new uniform keycap profile with stepped modifiers and flippable caps.
An RP2040-based controller for handwiring keyboards: Stampy by Keebio.
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