Issue 21 / Week 14 / 2021
This is a hand-picked selection of posts that may teach you something, but before you check the featured projects,…
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There are 22 entries in this issue:
Editorial
Behind the Scenes of Issue 21
The making of Issue 21, first supporter, wallpaper montage, minor changes, underglow trial (failed), upcoming podcast appearance, logical layout design framework, etc.
Projects
Keyboard staggered two ways
Columnar keyboard staggered two ways by ak66666 (STL).
"Tactical keyboard"
Great video documentation of building a cyberdeck with "tactical keyboard" by makenmodify.
Custom wireless keyboard tutorial
Great video tutorial by Reda0202 on making a custom wireless keyboard with Attiny + nRF + Arduino (source).
Nyx is now open hardware
The Nyx, a low-profile, split, wireless ergo by tadfisher is now open hardware (repo).
Splay46
The Splay46 is a stacked acrylic gasket mounted split by kobakos32 with angled columns (repo).
Lalboard: a modern Datahand
The lalboard, this 3D printable recreation of the DataHand was featured at hackaday recently (journal, repo).
Euclid36
Introducing the euclid36, an open source angled monoblock by sadekbaroudi (repo).
YAEMK keyboard
The YAEMK keyboard by KarlK90 is running QMK on an ARM or RISC-V MCU (site, repo).
The Djinn Rev2a
A new update to the Djinn by tzarc – a test bed for QMK hardware development (repo).
Adelheid build
The Adelheid by floookay is an Arisu-fork with function keys (repo). Built by Ok_Promotion_6175.
Open Pteron56 PCB/case design
A PCB/case design for the Pteron56 by AlexanderNotLuthor (repo).
Lily58 Pro with rotary encoder
Open-sourced Lily58 Pro with rotary encoder by atlantesque (repo) [UNTESTED!].
Ergo81
The Ergo81 by Spicajames with photolog.
Tools
Open source force curve meter
Open source force curve meter for MX-style switches by GreenPylons (repo, curves).
Switch stem holder
3D printed open source switch stem holder by ABlueSpork (gallery, STLs).
Review
Boba U4T & Holy Boba review
Boba U4T & Holy Boba review by clacklabs (source).
Tips & Tricks
Smooth rotary encoder
Some tips to smoothen a rotary encoder by ThumbWarriorDX.
Waterproofing a nice!nano
ELr3ddit applied a silicone coating to an exposed nice!nano to make it waterproof.
Kyria trackpoint add-on
A Kyria with bottom mounted trackpoint by cre2016.
Test
Sound test compilation #8
This is a list of 14 sound tests published this week in a single megapack.
Behind the Scenes
Making an artisan wrist rest
Making the Eagle has landed wrist rest. Posted by Moonkeycap198.
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