Issue 127 / Week 28 / 2023
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 6+5 entries in this issue:
Editorial
Quick weekly BTS #2023/28
Quick news, behind the scenes, new offers and donations. Two small layout design scripts. Shops & discounts.
Projects
Moai keyboard
Moai is a small, low(ish) profile monoblock split keyboard designed by 4itor.
Smile36
Protieus(z) published his Smile36, a cute sub-40% keyboard with an encoder and Grin layout.
Apodiformbird
Easonstons shared Apodiformbird, a 18-key minimalist monoblock split inspired by the Hummingbird.
Arkenswoop
Alexandre Plateau shared his Arkenswoop, a Lord of the Rings themed revision of the Swoop – and much more!
ErgoStrafer
CustomMK's David designed ErgoStrafer, a mechanical replacement for the Merc Stealth's gaming pad.
Quick news
Minidov by akadabas. More on this later.
QVEX_Tech shared a web-based tool for flashing Avr109 boards (primarily Atmega32u4). It should work with all operating systems under Chromium browsers.
ZSA is saying goodbye to the Planck EZ. "It'll become a collector's item, a piece of keyboard history. :) So, if you ever wanted one, now's the time."
PillBug BLE by MechWild. A Bluetooth replacement for the BlackPill (preorder).
Wellum is a callum-styled logical layout by Nikita Shirokov.
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