Issue 46 / Week 39 / 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 16 entries in this issue:

Editorial

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• The pinci is an ultra low profile 34-key build by sproutless with RP2040 and Rust firmware. (source)
• The Twelvekey by _vastrox_ is a nice open-source macropad with PCB and case files. (source)
• The 3w6 by weteor is a low-profile split keyboard with 36 keys. (source)
• The Lunakey project includes two open-source split keyboards and a macropad published by Yoichiro Tanaka. (source)
• A row less traveled with Anodynousaur's GiGi derivative. (source)
• An open-source Atreus choc board by LevitatingPineapple with Nice!Nano controller. (source)
• Sweep is a family of Ferris-derivatives featuring daughterboards instead of onboard controllers. (source)

• New Gateron CJ linear switches, featuring the first POM based bottom housings ever released from Gateron. Reviewed by ThereminGoat. (source)

• Coded, built and tested by cdc_mkb on a Zephirum, Pimoroni PIM447 trackball is now supported in ZMK firmware. (source)
• Sample caps from the GMK Colour Ring shot by flehrad with various backgrounds and different light temperatures. (source)

• A mouthwatering HP 264X keyboard from 1974 reviewed by Chyrosran22. (source)
• This Brüel & Kjær NP 0028 aka Preh Commander AK 67 was found by cdc_mkb in the attic of his employer.
• Manufactured by Tipro for Skidata. Posted by The_KogoroMouri. (source)
• The Matra Alice 90 is a French 8-bit computer first marketed in 1983. Manual cover art by comic book legend Moebius drew my attention to the 1984 cliff when women stopped pursuing Computer Science majors at American universities. (source)

• An open-source mechanical keyboard cup by Google. (source)

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