Issue 100 / Week 42 / 2022
This is a hand-picked selection of last week's content from a keyboard enthusiast's perspective. Posts that may teach you something, make you think and contribute to the common knowledge of the DIY builder community.
There are 13 entries in this issue:
Editorial
- Quick news, 100 issues, new vendors and discounts, new meetups, new donors.
- I contracted covid and have to take a break. Issue #100 postponed to next week.
- A feature-rich split design by noSNK supporting Pro Micro and XIAO footprints: Klein. (source)
- Alex Ronke's Kastenwagen 1840 & Kastenwagen 48 are now open source. (source)
- Hotreus62 was shared by leo_beekeeb – a 60% hotswappable keyboard that supports both low-profile Choc and MX switches. (source)
- The open-source Atreus52 by u/hainguyenac comes with a little twist. (source)
- A 3D-printed, handwired keyboard by u/aionskull: the primpkeeb. (source)
- Rock On v3 by Sadek Baroudi. With case STLs. (source)
- RominRonin interview with the katana layout, his Katana60 PCBs, the upcoming Tsuka60, and a lot more!
- The RP2040 Bento, a relatively low profile breakout board without a USB connector, has been open-sourced by hainguyenac. (source)
- Frood RP2040 is an open-source controller by 42keebs. A Pro Micro compatible breakout board with an RP2040. (source)
- A 3D printable mold by dezcompiler for making silicone PCB dampeners for 65% keyboards. (source)
- A Czechoslovakian Didaktik Gama spotted by u/themiracy. (source)
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splitkb.com, MoErgo Glove80, PCBWay, Aiksplace, u/chad3814, @keebio, @kaleid1990, MKUltra, Sean Grady, Cyboard, ghsear.ch, u/motfalcon, cdc, Bob Cotton, kiyejoco, KEEBD, FFKeebs, @therick0996, Richard Sutherland, Jacob Mikesell, Joel Simpson, Lev Popov, Christian Mladenov, littlemer-the-second, Spencer Blackwood, Christian Lo, Yuan Liu, Upgrade Keyboards, Paul Kischlat, Daniel Nikolov, Davidjohn Gerena, Skyler Thuss, u/eighty58five, Fabian Suceveanu, Capsule Delux, Arto Olli, anonymous
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