Issue 77 / Week 19 / 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 12 entries in this issue:

Editorial

Behind the Scenes of Issue 77

Newsletter issue, new discount code, matrix research, covid, listing of the week.

Projects

Wubbo

The cute 34-key Wubbo is an open-source wireless split keyboard by u/cacheworks.

Threaded Dactyl Flex

u/Diitsuku designed and shared a threaded Dactyl Flex with a clever mechanism to adjust the tenting angle.

Yggdrasil

LoyalPotato's open-source Yggdrasil is a 36-key split keyboard with some extreme pinky splay.

Elephant42 panda

An update to illness72's original elephant42: palette-system shared elephant42 panda, a new version with an I/O expander.

cool640

Telzo2000's cool640, this ortho macropad/split supports controllers with both Pro Micro and Pico footprint.

Tips & Tricks

Tilted Choc stem

u/Gurtmail published a 3D-printed tilted stem for Choc keycaps.

Improved square matrix

The improved square matrix is actually a round-robin matrix handling the same number of switches – but with less diodes.

Home-made double-shot caps

For his 3D printed low-pro keyboard, Pavlo Khmel uses self-made double-shot keycaps.

Keyboard Spotting

Grass Valley Sabre Edit

This is a Sabre Edit video editor by Grass Valley Group. Posted by u/iaakki.

KT-Y1 keyboard

The КТ-У1 is a reed-switch keyboard from Soviet times – posted by psych_1337.

Inspiration

Prism controller

WunWae's Prism is a uniquely shaped input device meant to be a gaming controller.

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