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Tips & Tricks

65% silicone dampener mold

A 3D printable mold by dezcompiler for making silicone PCB dampeners for 65% keyboards.

nice!view on 4-pin PCBs

A photolog by beekeeb: putting nice!view displays on a 4-pin PCB.

Updated hotswap sockets

It seems there were some changes made to the Kailh hotswap sockets.

Hotswap switch plate?

An interesting concept by @kgnwsknf_chef: switch plate turned into main PCB via pin headers.

Värdera keycaps

Värdera is a low-profile Choc-compatible keycap – STLs shared by braindefender.

nice!view

The nice!view by Nicell is a low-power OLED display replacement with high refresh rate.

Elite-Pi

The Elite-Pi is a new controller by Maple Computing – sporting an RP2040 chip while being compatible with the Pro Micro footprint.

Hot-swap socket holders

Two hot-swap socket holders for handwired builds shared by ghostfaceschiller.

Model H

Model H is a USB controller for IBM Model M – by John Hawthorn.

Norne

Norne is a 3D printed Ploopy Nano + Corne case mash-up by Diitsuku.

Orbital

Lev Popov's Orbital is a tiny standalone trackpad you can stick on your keyboard.

Tether

The Tether is a 3D printed case that allows you to choose between split or unibody and change on the fly. Shared by brother_bean.

CFX homing keys and more

Chosfox announced an extended range of their low-profile CFX keycaps: homing keys and various larger sizes have been added.

Homemade keycaps

Some elegant homemade low-pro keycaps – posted by hide-key.

Flexible transparent PCB

PCBWay now offers flexible transparent PCBs, based on PET.

Tilted thumb key

A 3D-printed tilted keycap for a more comfortable thumb cluster.

The Platform

ZSA announced a new tenting system: the Platform.

Sofle RGB v2 full body case

Open-sourced Sofle RGB v2 full body case by ergohaven.

Wrist rest with storage compartment

RoadToSurfdom made a custom wooden case with a wrist rest and storage compartment.

Joystick mouse

A joystick mouse attached to a keyboard – committed by commonCodeMonkey.

Lilium - a Lily58 case

Lilium is a Lily58 case family by DCharlo.

Custom Sofle case

A custom 3D printed Sofle case with underglow – shared by _vastrox_.

Box switch click muter

bull_nz made 3D printed rubber inserts for clicky switches that kill the down-clack and add pop.

Vapor polishing

An experiment in vapor polishing ABS keycaps – by mmalluck.

Keyboard Yoga

Keyboard Yoga by ZSA Technology Labs is a different sort of typing trainer.

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