Tips & Tricks CDSA is a new sculpted spherical Choc keycap profile shared by Alescito: a remix of LDSA and Cherry.
The NK Cream+ switches from NovelKeys come with different inserts that alter the sound profile.
A Bioshock inspired art deco macropad case by ZackGear.
Marcin Wichary's upcoming book on typewriters and keyboards, Shift Happens, has a dedicated site now.
A keyboard designed entirely in Python – by hsgwchan.
The 0xCB Helios is an Elite-C compatible development board sporting an RP2040 chip.
Technofrikus shared a case design for Pylon's Boston, a compact 120%.
Fusion by steven4012 updated with a supercap and solar charging.
A two-part 3D printed case by hello_smbj without gluing/welding.
This post by wolfwood proposes a modification to the improved square keyboard matrix in order to support a low power wake-on-keypress mode, which has been a deficiency of this design until now.
MBK Convex and MBK POM keycaps are on the way to vendors.
Josh Johnson released the Sea-Picro, a Pro Micro alternative with RP2040 and some neat features.
A comparison of trackball bearings: (cheap) rollers, BTUs and static bearings – by wiwilwi.
Koenigspiel designed the Kunai, a case for the Corne based off the Am Hatsu.
Release of the wireless magnetic Corne case by weissbieremulsion: Mcorne c5.
New 3D-printed low-profile Piantor case shared by leo_beekeeb.
The EMA keycap profile is an in-house development by IDOBAO. A sculpted, spherical profile.
Scylla/Charybdis adjustable tenting stand shared by gdeLopata.
ardux.io is the community version of the artsey layout – one hand, 8 keys, 100% power.
A 3D printable mold by dezcompiler for making silicone PCB dampeners for 65% keyboards.
A photolog by beekeeb: putting nice!view displays on a 4-pin PCB.
It seems there were some changes made to the Kailh hotswap sockets.
An interesting concept by @kgnwsknf_chef: switch plate turned into main PCB via pin headers.
Värdera is a low-profile Choc-compatible keycap – STLs shared by braindefender.
The nice!view by Nicell is a low-power OLED display replacement with high refresh rate.
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