Issue 178 / Week 45 / 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:

Editorial

Behind the scenes #178

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

Switch trends

Best-selling keyboard switches of October, 2024

In this month's overview of community-favorite mechanical switches, here are October's top picks, based on real sales data provided by vendors and manufacturers.

Review

Akko YU01 review

The full-resin Akko YU01 keyboard elevates RGB lighting to a whole new level as the case acts as a giant diffuser. 65%, hot-swappable, wireless, featuring Akko Piano switches and ASA keycaps.

Projects

Kolossus

A sub-40% monoblock split with trackball and encoder: Kolossus by Protieusz.

Clops

A QAZ-like monoblock split: Clops by Calvin0563 – with on-board RP2040 and optional encoders.

Limbo

LostPistachio's Limbo is a relatively slim Dactyl-like keyboard with vertical thumb keys.

The Phasmic keyboard

Phasmic is a magnetic framework to build modular keyboards – shared by Tan Guan Hong.

Ortho 4x10 TKL

Rob Quinn made a super-cute ortho "TKL", the aptly named Ortho TKL. :)

Smallcat

Smallcat is a 26-key split keyboard by Matt Petiteau, featuring the author's cat, Lila.

Krtkus 62

The 5x12 ortholinear Krtkus 62 is a low-profile keyboard open sourced by Jan Bláha.

Credit card sized macropad

This macropad, about the size of a credit card, was shared by Ziddy Makes.

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