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mekko5X
The mekko5X is an ortholinear cyberdeck by sporewoh.
Published October 13, 2022
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Christian Lo aka sporewoh published his latest experimental keyboard: the mekko5X
Part cyberdeck, part ortholinear. With 2 knobs and 2 large OLED displays, this keyboard can be used for animations, displaying information, or for controlling a GUI. The small form factor makes the board a unique ortholinear keyboard, or a powerful macropad. It could also double as a MIDI controller! – sporewoh.
While it's still in a pre-beta prototyping phase, the current designs are open source for anyone to make one for themselves.
Resources
GitHub page: https://github.com/ChrisChrisLoLo/mekko5X
The project was sponsored by PCBWay – here is a discount code for you.
Published on Thu 13th Oct 2022. Featured in KBD #99 (source).
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