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.
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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