Issue 158 / Week 11 / 2024
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+10 entries in this issue:
Editorial
Behind the scenes #158
Keyboard projects, quick news, in the mailbox, meetups, new vendors and discount codes!
On my desk (Issue 157½)
An unusual editorial since there were not enough projects for a proper issue: what happened around my desk this week.
Projects
Tanto
Mangokitty published the files of the Tanto, a 40% with Katana-stlye symmetric layout.
Glyphkbd V2
An open-source ortho TKL with on-board controller: glyphkbd v2 by _galile0.
Pepesweep
A 20-key minimal split: Pepesweep by Volodymyr Petiushka. Low profile, wireless, open source.
Dance! keyboard
Dance! is a wireless-only split keyboard by chase-hunter.
Haori36
Penk Chen published his Haori36, a compact monoblock ortho with thumb cluster and optional Pimonori trackball.
Toad v2
This is an old project for reference: Toad v2 by TalkingTree, an open-source 70% keyboard from 2017.
JESK56
T. G. Marbach's JESK56 is a diodeless 56-key ortholinear keyboard, using a single RP2040-based microcontroller thanks to some fancy math and graph theory.
Review
Whitefox Eclipse review
The WhiteFox Eclipse by Project Eclipse is the latest take on this classic model: a prebuilt 68% board with magnetic assembly and a whole ecosystem of modular cases. (Now with 10% off!)
Tips & Tricks
The SpaceFN concept
The SpaceFN concept - setting up your space key as a layer switch when held - is probably one of the most useful tweaks in the keyboard hobby. Let me explain it.
KW Choc V1 keycaps
Shared by Kea Workshop's Claude, the KW keycap profile is uniform, spherical, MX-sized, and compatible with Choc V1 switches.
Quick news
Crab Broom alu case by boardsource.
A fancy Sofle by DOIO.
Corne v3 Hexagon Case by DerBreManaar (source).
LEGO stand for Kyria by Jason Cox – with a detailed blog post.
Keyboard Market Tokyo was included in the meetup database, but it was more like a fair – with 1,000 visitors. Many photos out there, e.g. by Antique-Page, and Ryosuke Kawamura has this monstre write-up with lots of details.
Holy guacamole. Leo_keeb made these offset stem keycaps to turn his keyboard with HHKB JP layout into an ortho.
Keyboard art: No Internet / Dino104
Mantis builds by luckybipedal (and here is Felix's article if you missed it last December)
A 3D printed planter switch fidget toy by Creative_rooster00 (source).
Donut keyboard by QDP2D.
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