Issue 88 / Week 30 / 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 13 entries in this issue:

Editorial

Behind the Scenes of Issue 88

Twitter anniversary, photographing issues, vendor database update, giveaway result, etc.

Projects

Dilemma keyboard

u/Fmcraft published his Dilemma – a 5x3+2 split keyboard with trackpad.

Arachnophobe

Sadek Baroudi's Arachnophobe is a 30-key choc/mx monoblock split using any Seeed XIAO controller.

rae-dux

Andrew Rae's rae-dux, a 36-key wire- and diodeless split keyboard, built by u/melze.

Ortholily

The split Ortholily is ortholinear, 3D-printed, handwired – and it's marcdosh575's first keyboard design.

Cockpit keyboard

Cockpit is a hotswap handwired monoblock split mechanical keyboard by ozkan.

MiRage MK2

Zack Freedman talks about his MiRage Mk2, an ortho split with eInk display.

Community

Tools

0xB2 - splinky controller

0xB2 - splinky is a Pro-Micro/Elite-C replacement development board by plut0nium – with USB-C and RP2040.

Tips & Tricks

CFX keycap

CFX is a new low-pro keycap profile: 16.5x16.5mm square caps available at Chosfox in different colors.

Doubleshot MDA?!

My impressions and a photodump of the doubleshot MDA "This Is Plastic" by MelGeek.

Stacked Corne case

Full body stacked Corne case open-sourced by u/atlantesque.

Keyboard Spotting

Hottek 1KB101 keyboard

A Hottek 1KB101 keyboard with HTK switches – reviewed by Chyrosran22.

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