Issue 132 / Week 34 / 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 10+4 entries in this issue:
Editorial
Behind the scenes #2023/34
Quick news, lots of stuff in the mailbox, meetups, shops, whatever.
Review
Ergohaven Planeta review
The Planeta is a clean and simple monoblock split keyboard by Ergohaven – with piezo speaker.
Projects
Deathpad
Gleb Sabirzyanov made and sells a single piece of Deathpad, a one-of-a-kind macropad with 9 keys at the hearth of a death metal inspired case.
Explorer Mountain
DreaM117er's Explorer Mountain is a modular monoblock split supporting a wide range of switches.
Fisk 2.0
Strange-Lab5541 has updated his handwired split with the retro keycaps: fisk 2.0 is here.
Fanta-Manta
The Fanta-Manta by Protieusz is a resurrection of the closed source Manta by rainkeebs.
CyberKeeb 2040
NoSegfaultPlz published his CyberKeeb 2040, which is both a mechanical keyboard and a cyberdeck.
Cut Slope
Quirk shared the design files of his Cut Slope, an orthoish unibody split with splayed outer column.
Morgan Venable and his Svalboard
An interview with Morgan Venable, creator of Svalboard, who talks about his awesome project and the reinvention of the Datahand keyboard.
Generative kAiBoard
Pamungkas Sumasta's kAiBoard is an internet-connected device powered by ChatGPT with built-in virtual assistant, redefining user interaction.
Quick news
Cherry announced the new MX2A switches with "high-precision ring lubrication" and "barrel spring" – just to name a few features. I can't tell if these are mere buzzwords or really make a difference. Will see!
Penk's first (handwired) builds with resin-casted MOBOP caps.
braindefender's low-pro KLP Lamé caps now also with MX stems.
Monkeyboard aka supersplit – not new, Tarneo made this a year ago (github).
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