Issue 179 / Week 47 / 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 entries in this issue:

Editorial

• Keyboard projects, MK Advent Calendar call for submissions, quick news, in the mailbox, meetups, vendors, discounts, deals stuff.

• I tested KBDcraft's brilliant Israfel, a 50% unibody split with an adjustable angle, made of LEGO. It's impressive and offers a huge bang for your buck. Flock to the store, folks!

• Designed by Abeer Vaishnav, the Qimera is a 54-key low-profile split keyboard. (source)
• JCam shared the wireless split 2Pocket, his submission for the pocket keyboard design contest. (source)
• A 58-key split keyboard with Choc V2s and encoders: Boost58 by Vacant0mens.
• Mikey Sklar is back with another chording keyboard: the NeoBoomerang uses off-the-shelf Adafruit hardware.
• Alexandre Plateau shared his low-profile split Floppy keyboard.
• The ToadsTempest by tikinson is a pocket monoblock, another runner-up in sporewoh's keyboard contest.
• A 34-key Bluetooth keyboard with self-encasing PCB: Fract by skarrmann. (source)
• A 16-key meme macropad by ziddy: ZM Keyboard Cube.

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