Issue 172 / Week 32 / 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 10+8 entries in this issue:
Editorial
Behind the scenes #172
Keyboard projects, quick news, in the mailbox, meetups, new vendors and discount codes!
Projects
Flower
Protieusz's unibody Flower, a Noraneko42W variant, comes with Willow layout and interchangeable trackball.
Fat Bee
Cassio Zen's Fat Bee is a row-staggered monoblock split with fixed tenting angle.
Goober
Alex Miller shared his Goober, a Hummingbird-like hotswap monoblock keyboard driven by a RP2040 Zero.
Doro62
Gehennakid's Doro62 is a wireless hotswap keyboard with a unique 60%-ish layout.
Bykeeb
Sadek Baroudi's bykeeb is a 36-key wireless-only split keyboard with MX/Choc/GLP support.
Form Uno
Tien Pham's Form Uno is a monoblock split with number row and dedicated arrow keys.
Mechabasilisk
The Mechabasilisk is another Dactyl-like ergo split designed by Radliński Ignacy in Fusion360.
Tips & Tricks
Solder Party RP2350 Stamp & Stamp XL
Solder Party is expanding their Stamp line with new controllers: the RP2350 Stamp and Stamp XL are devboards with up to 48 GPIO pins.
How to integrate a trackpoint into your keyboard
Based on his trackpoint builds, heyisjambo shares his experiences on how to integrate a trackpoint into your keyboard (ZMK).
Quick news
I wasn't aware of Charachorder's Master Forge keyboard.
A nice low-pro handwired ortho with 3u thumb keys by brown_engineer.
An offset ortho by RiltonF. Repo WIP.
KBD2600 prototype. A 2.5kg milled alu keyboard inspired by the Atari 2600.
A custom handwired board for a CNC mill. Posted by theslimestshady.
Cthulhu themed Klor. Posted by CaptLynx, original case by Chewiedies.
I love this palette. HIBI June R2 with Tyrixxi Rainbow Candy caps posted by dress-code.
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