Issue 174 / Week 36 / 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 13+15 entries in this issue:
Editorial
Behind the scenes #174
Keyboard projects, quick news, in the mailbox, meetups, new vendors and discount codes!
Switch trends
Best-selling keyboard switches of August, 2024
August part of this monthly overview of community favorite mechanical switches, based on real sales data provided by vendors and manufacturers.
Review
Synth Labs 060 review
Ouch. The Synth Labs 060 is probably the most beautiful keyboard I've ever tested. I'll have to send it back after the review, and I'm already missing it. :) :(
MoeeTech Glitter 65 R2
MoeeTech's Glitter65 R2 is a significant upgrade to a cool keyboard kit with a distinctive aluminum case and unique drawer structure. Easier assembly, split spacebar option!
Projects
Sachiel
Sachiel is a 34-key unibody split keyboard with 25mm trackball – designed by protieusz.
NEXUS
A 3D-printed, handwired split prototype by Fraawlen: NEXUS.
Iyada
Gareth Gummow shared the files of his Iyada, a split with dual trackpad layout.
Sweep Cat
A 30-key version of the Sweep 2.2, featuring the author's cat: Sweep Cat by Matt Petiteau.
Forager
Forager is a Voyager-inspired 34-key low-profile wireless split keyboard by carrefinho.
BUBBY -- a pocket chording keyboard
BUBBY, a chording device, is Mikey Sklar's project for the pocket keyboard contest.
TB3S trackball
A small DIY trackball device, based around an Elite-Pi controller and a PMW3360 sensor: TB3S by Wimads.
Silakka54
Silakka54 is a RP2040 Zero based 54-key split keyboard, designed and shared by Juho T.
Goobertrax-E
Alex Miller shared his Goobertrax-E, another Hummingbird-like hotswap monoblock with trackball.
Quick news
Maccel, mentioned in the TR3S post, is a mouse acceleration feature for QMK, developed by Wimads and @burkfers. It enables you to create a custom configurable acceleration curve for any QMK pointing device and can also be configured through VIA.
Anniversary: Admiral Shark's Keyboards is now five years old. Congrats!
TypeCircuit is a daily typing speed challenge featuring quotes from popular video games, movies, and anime.
A handwired Keyberon F4 mod built by senecor. The original was created by TeXitoi.
Corne Max, a ready-to-go Corne PCB in a high-pro aluminum case with acrylic bottoms. An IC by mechboards.co.uk.
K:03 pro, K:03 open sourced (?) – I couldn't open the project.
A blog post about Konstantin Pankratov's closed split project.
KB54 (pre-sale) announced by Mariano Uvalle aka Additional-Stock/AYM1607. An evolution of the author's Swept Corne.
A small offset ortho prototype: Shortho by Sebastian Stumpf aka ADreamOfStorms. WIP repo here.
Covert Falcon by yrb. A split prototype for on the go.
A 44-key handwired keyboard by holy_macanoli.
A Mushi in the wild – dlip's design built by CaptLynx.
Space Cherry by Werk Technica.
Toyota AE86-themed W70 by nikkobautista.
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