Issue 190 / Week 13 / 2025

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

• Keyboard projects, tips, quick news, keyboard art, in the mailbox, meetups, vendors, discounts.

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

• This latest revision of Un Kyu Lee's Micro Journal features a paper-like display and a more traditional keyboard. (source)
• The open-source Actually XT by nearestexit features a true XT layout.
• A 56-key split keyboard using low-profile Redragon switches: Muikku58 by Juho T. (source)
• JCam's PickPocket is a 36-key hotswappable Bluetooth split keyboard. (source)
• Nikita Shirokov released his Lapka, a 36-key low-pro split keyboard with uniform splay. (source)
• An open-source 68-key low-profile split keyboard by Andreas Tacke: Nomad. (source)
• A 36-keys low-profile unibody split keyboard designed for portability: Gamma Omega by unspecworks. (source)
• The Protractor is a low-profile unibody ortho keyboard with adjustable typing angle. (source)
• The HE60 is an open-source 60% Hall-effect keyboard PCB by peppapig. (source)

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