Issue 164 / Week 17 / 2024
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 8+8 entries in this issue:
Editorial
Behind the scenes #164
Keyboard projects, quick news, in the mailbox, meetups, new vendors and discount codes!
Projects
PHNX keyboard
Sinisha Stojchevski's PHNX is a unibody split keyboard with on-board MCU.
PICCTRL 0xLM
A split ortholinear keyboard with on-board MCU: PICCTRL - 0xLM by Lluis Merlos Pieri.
BLE Morse keyboard
Mikey Sklar shared a wireless one-handed keyboard with Morse code as input method.
Seagull macropad
Kea Workshop's Claude published his Seagull macropad - with MX/Choc support and exposed diodes.
Review
MoeeTech Glitter65 R1
The Glitter65 by MoeeTech is a nice keyboard kit with a distinctive appearance: thanks to the seamless aluminum case and unique drawer structure.
Tips & Tricks
Ambients Silent Choc switches
As announced by Lowpro.ca, Ambients Silents, truly quiet Choc switches redesigned from the ground up, are in stock now.
Inspiration
Mikefive, a Kailh PG1316S keyboard
Mike Hölscher aka dynam1keNL presents you the unibody split mikefive, this work-in-progress super-thin keyboard built around Kailh's PG1316S notebook switches.
Quick news
Hemal Chevli made a macropad with screen and encoder to switch between layers (video demo).
Stacked plywood keyboard by toffeeecoffeee
A walnut keyboard by KeyboardGeek69420's dad. :)
Handwired: An ortho board by peaz_, and a row-staggered split by sashalex007.
Derek McDaniel shared a chorded keyboard timing visualizer. Live version this way.
Cerakey V2 homing F & J are available and being sold as a separate set so old and new Cerakey customers can get them without buying a full set. (The KBDNEWS coupon code should work.)
The Norbauer-type stabilizer: the rather long write-up about the Norbalizer designs was an excellent read even if the ultimate solution couldn't be more obvious: all-1U splits. ;)
Macropad built into a breathmint tin – committed by Daealis.
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