Issue 45 / Week 38 / 2021
This is a hand-picked selection of last week's content from a keyboard builder's perspective. Posts that may teach you something, make you think and contribute to the common knowledge of the DIY builder community.
There are 12 entries in this issue:
Editorial
Behind the Scenes of Issue 45
Vendor database update, 5 new discount codes. Issue 44 follow-up.
Projects
RART45
The RART45 is a unibody angled split by Alabahuy with Atmel328p and exposed through-hole components.
The Midge
This is what was left after jamesmnw kept cutting things away.
OLKB terminal
An OLKB terminal by jeffeb3 featuring a Void30.
Hermit
A split keyboard by @orihikarna with some interesting details.
Tips & Tricks
Peggi: an arpeggio keyboard
The Peggi is an eight-key arpeggio keyboard by Ian Henry.
How to make a wooden wrist rest
A photolog of making a wrist rest by lawndartdesign.
Brass tube handwiring
Neat handwiring by n0t_dane using brass tubes instead of magnet wire.
USB-C Pro Micro size comparison
Fantastic-Onion4292 posted some photos of the new USB-C Pro Micro compared to the classic one.
Brute-force encoder integration
A modified Gherkin by bgkendall featuring a rotary encoder.
Double-keyboard ergonomics
Years of pain solved by a really obvious keyboard tweak.
Keyboard Spotting
IBM 3278
Well, mrprofessor007 was supposed to buy a house, instead...
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