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Georgiy Krikun shared the files of his kpukboard, a low-pro split with choc minis and posh battery cover.

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Published April 16, 2023

Georgiy Krikun aka kriku/kr1kun designed and shared his kpukboard, a 38-key low-profile split keyboard with choc mini switches – inspired by GEIST's Totem.

Generated via Ergogen, prototyped with plasticine, this Bluetooth keyboard is as thin as possible with choc minis. And it has a posh battery cover.

Specs

• wireless, low profile
• 38x Kailh Choc mini switches (PG1232)
• Seeeduino Xiao BLE controller

Resources

• https://github.com/kriku/kpukboard-pcb
• https://github.com/kriku/keys/blob/master/ergogen-new-keys.yml
• https://t.me/s/kpukboard

Published on Sun 16th Apr 2023. Featured in KBD #120 (source).

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