Issue 75 / Week 17 / 2022
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 14 entries in this issue:
Editorial
- Behind the Scenes: Domain renewal, new promo codes and the dangerous ground of sponsorship offers, new supporters and vendors. Newsletter test and performance, status of developments & acquisitions.
- u/Stefak's ErgoTravelXT is a foldable split keyboard with XT60 connectors. (source)
- EVEN44 is a split keyboard by u/fmash16 – 3D printed, handwired, 3x6+4 keys with an encoder. (source)
- Cipulot's EC87 is an Electrostatic Capacitive (EC) TKL keyboard PCB. (source)
- Slice36: a Xiao RP2040 powered 36 key split by u/MReavley. (source)
- Pete Johanson's write-up for the second birthday of the ZMK firmware. (source)
- Another RP2040-based controller with relatively small form factor: Seeeduino Xiao RP2040. (source)
- There are two completely different keyboard matrices referred to as duplex matrix. Let's examine the Japanese one, which makes possible to handle 160-200 keys with a single Pro Micro.
- A homemade key socket cover open-sourced by u/qubist1. (source)
- A portable DMX lighting controller posted by u/aleigh9812. (source)
- Modelo 96 – a custom ortholinear PCB by u/TillerCPE in a Melody 96 case. (source)
- A wireless Hummingbird by u/filibustercrankcase sporting a Seeeduino Xiao BLE controller. (source)
- u/smellycoat made an ortholinear PCB to fit a Protozoa P02 case – with a giant knob. (source)
- An interesting layout concept by oy2r of Metakey: TENET 70% keyboard kit. (source)
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