Issue 171 / Week 31 / 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.

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There are 11 entries in this issue:

Tenshi

Dane Lipscombe released his Tenshi, a split keyboard with slide-adjustable trackpads.

Editorial

Behind the scenes #171

Keyboard projects, quick news, in the mailbox, meetups, new vendors and discount codes!

Switch trends

Best-selling keyboard switches of July, 2024

A monthly overview of community favorite mechanical switches, based on real sales data provided by vendors and manufacturers.

Review

ScottoWing review

I built and reviewed Joe Scotto's cool ScottoWing DIY kit (PCB edition).

Projects

Jingis 38

Jhootdev shared the Jingis 38, an open-source monoblock keyboard with some pinky splay.

Wabble-60

Wabble-60 is a RISC-V-powered BLE ortholinear keyboard designed by Richard Goulter.

Apple Keyboard III

Will Puckett created and shared a shield to convert the classic Apple M0487 keyboard to ZMK/nice!nano.

Avocado

Avocado is a wireless 5x3 split keyboard designed by Auryn.

Lucca 58HE

Jonathan Black released his Lucca 58HE, a Hall-effect split keyboard.

Ghazal

A wireless unibody split with integrated trackball and more: Ghazal by AlSaMoMo.

MMOAbom56

An asymmetric low-profile keyboard for playing MMO games: MMOAbom56 by ujl123.

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