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First working full assembly of my #RugbyUnion 15-a-side diode-free monobody tented #ErgoMechKeyboard, with a reversible PCB joined by 16 short wires (much fiddlier than I expected), in a case printed in Tinmorry Galaxy Green PLA, fitted with black resin Chicago Stenographer keycaps (printed by #JLCPLC who did my PCB too), and 1.5u MBK in the corners and on the thumbs (later should be 1.75u but I only have one of those to hand). Running #ZMK firmware (with #QMK and #RMK testing pending).
Design files for this #MechanicalKeyboard are here https://codeberg.org/peterjc/pico-keyboards/src/branch/main/rugbyunion with build guide and improved case design pending.
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First working full assembly of my #RugbyUnion 15-a-side diode-free monobody tented #ErgoMechKeyboard, with a reversible PCB joined by 16 short wires (much fiddlier than I expected), in a case printed in Tinmorry Galaxy Green PLA, fitted with black resin Chicago Stenographer keycaps (printed by #JLCPLC who did my PCB too), and 1.5u MBK in the corners and on the thumbs (later should be 1.75u but I only have one of those to hand). Running #ZMK firmware (with #QMK and #RMK testing pending).
Design files for this #MechanicalKeyboard are here https://codeberg.org/peterjc/pico-keyboards/src/branch/main/rugbyunion with build guide and improved case design pending.
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First working full assembly of my #RugbyUnion 15-a-side diode-free monobody tented #ErgoMechKeyboard, with a reversible PCB joined by 16 short wires (much fiddlier than I expected), in a case printed in Tinmorry Galaxy Green PLA, fitted with black resin Chicago Stenographer keycaps (printed by #JLCPLC who did my PCB too), and 1.5u MBK in the corners and on the thumbs (later should be 1.75u but I only have one of those to hand). Running #ZMK firmware (with #QMK and #RMK testing pending).
Design files for this #MechanicalKeyboard are here https://codeberg.org/peterjc/pico-keyboards/src/branch/main/rugbyunion with build guide and improved case design pending.
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First working full assembly of my #RugbyUnion 15-a-side diode-free monobody tented #ErgoMechKeyboard, with a reversible PCB joined by 16 short wires (much fiddlier than I expected), in a case printed in Tinmorry Galaxy Green PLA, fitted with black resin Chicago Stenographer keycaps (printed by #JLCPLC who did my PCB too), and 1.5u MBK in the corners and on the thumbs (later should be 1.75u but I only have one of those to hand). Running #ZMK firmware (with #QMK and #RMK testing pending).
Design files for this #MechanicalKeyboard are here https://codeberg.org/peterjc/pico-keyboards/src/branch/main/rugbyunion with build guide and improved case design pending.
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First working full assembly of my #RugbyUnion 15-a-side diode-free monobody tented #ErgoMechKeyboard, with a reversible PCB joined by 16 short wires (much fiddlier than I expected), in a case printed in Tinmorry Galaxy Green PLA, fitted with black resin Chicago Stenographer keycaps (printed by #JLCPLC who did my PCB too), and 1.5u MBK in the corners and on the thumbs (later should be 1.75u but I only have one of those to hand). Running #ZMK firmware (with #QMK and #RMK testing pending).
Design files for this #MechanicalKeyboard are here https://codeberg.org/peterjc/pico-keyboards/src/branch/main/rugbyunion with build guide and improved case design pending.
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@AAMfP try disabling or even removing (the keycaps or even switches for) a few rows/columns now to test out the potential smaller layout and if you can stand it or not? Personally I’m on 30 keys now… #ErgoMechKeyboard #MechanicalKeyboard
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@AAMfP try disabling or even removing (the keycaps or even switches for) a few rows/columns now to test out the potential smaller layout and if you can stand it or not? Personally I’m on 30 keys now… #ErgoMechKeyboard #MechanicalKeyboard
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@AAMfP try disabling or even removing (the keycaps or even switches for) a few rows/columns now to test out the potential smaller layout and if you can stand it or not? Personally I’m on 30 keys now… #ErgoMechKeyboard #MechanicalKeyboard
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@AAMfP try disabling or even removing (the keycaps or even switches for) a few rows/columns now to test out the potential smaller layout and if you can stand it or not? Personally I’m on 30 keys now… #ErgoMechKeyboard #MechanicalKeyboard
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@AAMfP try disabling or even removing (the keycaps or even switches for) a few rows/columns now to test out the potential smaller layout and if you can stand it or not? Personally I’m on 30 keys now… #ErgoMechKeyboard #MechanicalKeyboard
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Good programmable keyboard blog post from Gregor https://medium.com/grafana-labs/the-secret-world-of-keyboard-wizardry-074d254a4240
"I built a keyboard whose keys finish my words. Here’s the rabbit hole that taught me to build one, and how you can start building your own.
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One rabbit hole I’ll happily signpost and not go down: designing and 3D-printing your own board. That’s a different madness, and this story is long enough".
That'd be me and #ErgoMechKeyboard design I guess, but of course I tinker with my #KeyboardLayout too 🕳️🐇
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Good programmable keyboard blog post from Gregor https://medium.com/grafana-labs/the-secret-world-of-keyboard-wizardry-074d254a4240
"I built a keyboard whose keys finish my words. Here’s the rabbit hole that taught me to build one, and how you can start building your own.
...
One rabbit hole I’ll happily signpost and not go down: designing and 3D-printing your own board. That’s a different madness, and this story is long enough".
That'd be me and #ErgoMechKeyboard design I guess, but of course I tinker with my #KeyboardLayout too 🕳️🐇
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Good programmable keyboard blog post from Gregor https://medium.com/grafana-labs/the-secret-world-of-keyboard-wizardry-074d254a4240
"I built a keyboard whose keys finish my words. Here’s the rabbit hole that taught me to build one, and how you can start building your own.
...
One rabbit hole I’ll happily signpost and not go down: designing and 3D-printing your own board. That’s a different madness, and this story is long enough".
That'd be me and #ErgoMechKeyboard design I guess, but of course I tinker with my #KeyboardLayout too 🕳️🐇
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Good programmable keyboard blog post from Gregor https://medium.com/grafana-labs/the-secret-world-of-keyboard-wizardry-074d254a4240
"I built a keyboard whose keys finish my words. Here’s the rabbit hole that taught me to build one, and how you can start building your own.
...
One rabbit hole I’ll happily signpost and not go down: designing and 3D-printing your own board. That’s a different madness, and this story is long enough".
That'd be me and #ErgoMechKeyboard design I guess, but of course I tinker with my #KeyboardLayout too 🕳️🐇
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Good programmable keyboard blog post from Gregor https://medium.com/grafana-labs/the-secret-world-of-keyboard-wizardry-074d254a4240
"I built a keyboard whose keys finish my words. Here’s the rabbit hole that taught me to build one, and how you can start building your own.
...
One rabbit hole I’ll happily signpost and not go down: designing and 3D-printing your own board. That’s a different madness, and this story is long enough".
That'd be me and #ErgoMechKeyboard design I guess, but of course I tinker with my #KeyboardLayout too 🕳️🐇
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So I've counted. I now have 29 Plum Blossom, 3 Cherry Blossom and 53 Sunset switches. I also have two MBK Glow (one black, one white) keycap sets and an extra white KLP Lamé PBT cap set but I only have two Corne PCBs and cases that both have a full compliment of Plum/Cherry Blossom switches and KLP Lamé caps already. What to do. What to do. #ErgoMechKeyboard #MechanicalKeyboard
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So I've counted. I now have 29 Plum Blossom, 3 Cherry Blossom and 53 Sunset switches. I also have two MBK Glow (one black, one white) keycap sets and an extra white KLP Lamé PBT cap set but I only have two Corne PCBs and cases that both have a full compliment of Plum/Cherry Blossom switches and KLP Lamé caps already. What to do. What to do. #ErgoMechKeyboard #MechanicalKeyboard
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So I've counted. I now have 29 Plum Blossom, 3 Cherry Blossom and 53 Sunset switches. I also have two MBK Glow (one black, one white) keycap sets and an extra white KLP Lamé PBT cap set but I only have two Corne PCBs and cases that both have a full compliment of Plum/Cherry Blossom switches and KLP Lamé caps already. What to do. What to do. #ErgoMechKeyboard #MechanicalKeyboard
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So I've counted. I now have 29 Plum Blossom, 3 Cherry Blossom and 53 Sunset switches. I also have two MBK Glow (one black, one white) keycap sets and an extra white KLP Lamé PBT cap set but I only have two Corne PCBs and cases that both have a full compliment of Plum/Cherry Blossom switches and KLP Lamé caps already. What to do. What to do. #ErgoMechKeyboard #MechanicalKeyboard
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So I've counted. I now have 29 Plum Blossom, 3 Cherry Blossom and 53 Sunset switches. I also have two MBK Glow (one black, one white) keycap sets and an extra white KLP Lamé PBT cap set but I only have two Corne PCBs and cases that both have a full compliment of Plum/Cherry Blossom switches and KLP Lamé caps already. What to do. What to do. #ErgoMechKeyboard #MechanicalKeyboard
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Thinking I might like to buy a new keyboard, so I thought I'd be smart and just buy new keycaps (KLP Lamé) as it was cheaper. Now I have enough spare switches and a spare set of keycaps for another keyboard, I just need boards and cases. 🤦
#MechanicalKeyboard #ErgomechKeyboard #Corne #CRKBD #3DKeycap #KLPLame #AstroErgoKeyboards
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Thinking I might like to buy a new keyboard, so I thought I'd be smart and just buy new keycaps (KLP Lamé) as it was cheaper. Now I have enough spare switches and a spare set of keycaps for another keyboard, I just need boards and cases. 🤦
#MechanicalKeyboard #ErgomechKeyboard #Corne #CRKBD #3DKeycap #KLPLame #AstroErgoKeyboards
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Thinking I might like to buy a new keyboard, so I thought I'd be smart and just buy new keycaps (KLP Lamé) as it was cheaper. Now I have enough spare switches and a spare set of keycaps for another keyboard, I just need boards and cases. 🤦
#MechanicalKeyboard #ErgomechKeyboard #Corne #CRKBD #3DKeycap #KLPLame #AstroErgoKeyboards
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Thinking I might like to buy a new keyboard, so I thought I'd be smart and just buy new keycaps (KLP Lamé) as it was cheaper. Now I have enough spare switches and a spare set of keycaps for another keyboard, I just need boards and cases. 🤦
#MechanicalKeyboard #ErgomechKeyboard #Corne #CRKBD #3DKeycap #KLPLame #AstroErgoKeyboards
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Thinking I might like to buy a new keyboard, so I thought I'd be smart and just buy new keycaps (KLP Lamé) as it was cheaper. Now I have enough spare switches and a spare set of keycaps for another keyboard, I just need boards and cases. 🤦
#MechanicalKeyboard #ErgomechKeyboard #Corne #CRKBD #3DKeycap #KLPLame #AstroErgoKeyboards
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Good news: Even though [I thought] my new #ErgoMechKeyboard design uses 16mm vertical spacing, both my Choc v1 Chicago Stenographer #keycaps and my (preferred) Choc v1 KLP Lamé saddle (#3DPrinted at JLCPLC in resin) work just fine. I was worried I'd not be able to use this new #MechanicalKeyboard without ordering some even more niche minimal-y spaced keycaps. l'll get some matching 1.5u wide caps done at some point...
Bad news: Broke the stem of yet another doing the swap - these things are fragile! Push from below, don't pull!
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Good news: Even though [I thought] my new #ErgoMechKeyboard design uses 16mm vertical spacing, both my Choc v1 Chicago Stenographer #keycaps and my (preferred) Choc v1 KLP Lamé saddle (#3DPrinted at JLCPLC in resin) work just fine. I was worried I'd not be able to use this new #MechanicalKeyboard without ordering some even more niche minimal-y spaced keycaps. l'll get some matching 1.5u wide caps done at some point...
Bad news: Broke the stem of yet another doing the swap - these things are fragile! Push from below, don't pull!
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Good news: Even though [I thought] my new #ErgoMechKeyboard design uses 16mm vertical spacing, both my Choc v1 Chicago Stenographer #keycaps and my (preferred) Choc v1 KLP Lamé saddle (#3DPrinted at JLCPLC in resin) work just fine. I was worried I'd not be able to use this new #MechanicalKeyboard without ordering some even more niche minimal-y spaced keycaps. l'll get some matching 1.5u wide caps done at some point...
Bad news: Broke the stem of yet another doing the swap - these things are fragile! Push from below, don't pull!
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Good news: Even though [I thought] my new #ErgoMechKeyboard design uses 16mm vertical spacing, both my Choc v1 Chicago Stenographer #keycaps and my (preferred) Choc v1 KLP Lamé saddle (#3DPrinted at JLCPLC in resin) work just fine. I was worried I'd not be able to use this new #MechanicalKeyboard without ordering some even more niche minimal-y spaced keycaps. l'll get some matching 1.5u wide caps done at some point...
Bad news: Broke the stem of yet another doing the swap - these things are fragile! Push from below, don't pull!
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Good news: Even though [I thought] my new #ErgoMechKeyboard design uses 16mm vertical spacing, both my Choc v1 Chicago Stenographer #keycaps and my (preferred) Choc v1 KLP Lamé saddle (#3DPrinted at JLCPLC in resin) work just fine. I was worried I'd not be able to use this new #MechanicalKeyboard without ordering some even more niche minimal-y spaced keycaps. l'll get some matching 1.5u wide caps done at some point...
Bad news: Broke the stem of yet another doing the swap - these things are fragile! Push from below, don't pull!
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I made another #ErgoMechKeyboard, taking the ribbon cable idea for my Bivouac34, and the 32-key layout and a 5-way navigation button from my Bivvy16D #SplitKeyboard. This is my Goldilocks32 #MechanicalKeyboard - another diode-free design with a #GraphTheory based sparse scanning matrix https://astrobeano.blogspot.com/2026/03/goldilocks-30-to-32-key-keyboard.html
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I made another #ErgoMechKeyboard, taking the ribbon cable idea for my Bivouac34, and the 32-key layout and a 5-way navigation button from my Bivvy16D #SplitKeyboard. This is my Goldilocks32 #MechanicalKeyboard - another diode-free design with a #GraphTheory based sparse scanning matrix https://astrobeano.blogspot.com/2026/03/goldilocks-30-to-32-key-keyboard.html
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I made another #ErgoMechKeyboard, taking the ribbon cable idea for my Bivouac34, and the 32-key layout and a 5-way navigation button from my Bivvy16D #SplitKeyboard. This is my Goldilocks32 #MechanicalKeyboard - another diode-free design with a #GraphTheory based sparse scanning matrix https://astrobeano.blogspot.com/2026/03/goldilocks-30-to-32-key-keyboard.html
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I made another #ErgoMechKeyboard, taking the ribbon cable idea for my Bivouac34, and the 32-key layout and a 5-way navigation button from my Bivvy16D #SplitKeyboard. This is my Goldilocks32 #MechanicalKeyboard - another diode-free design with a #GraphTheory based sparse scanning matrix https://astrobeano.blogspot.com/2026/03/goldilocks-30-to-32-key-keyboard.html
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I made another #ErgoMechKeyboard, taking the ribbon cable idea for my Bivouac34, and the 32-key layout and a 5-way navigation button from my Bivvy16D #SplitKeyboard. This is my Goldilocks32 #MechanicalKeyboard - another diode-free design with a #GraphTheory based sparse scanning matrix https://astrobeano.blogspot.com/2026/03/goldilocks-30-to-32-key-keyboard.html
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Saw someone posting shit "AI"-generated t-shirt designs on the #ergomechkeyboard subreddit in order to make a buck. 🤦♂️
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Saw someone posting shit "AI"-generated t-shirt designs on the #ergomechkeyboard subreddit in order to make a buck. 🤦♂️
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Saw someone posting shit "AI"-generated t-shirt designs on the #ergomechkeyboard subreddit in order to make a buck. 🤦♂️
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Saw someone posting shit "AI"-generated t-shirt designs on the #ergomechkeyboard subreddit in order to make a buck. 🤦♂️
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That’s two superficially very similar DIY #ErgoMechKeyboard prototypes on my desk right now, in green with KLP Lamé keycaps, and in red with Chicago Stenographer keycaps.
Both sets of #MechanicalKeyboard PCBs are just taped to a cardboard structure to test angles for comfort - about ~40 degree tenting (angle up from table) and ~40 yaw (angle between the halves).
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That’s two superficially very similar DIY #ErgoMechKeyboard prototypes on my desk right now, in green with KLP Lamé keycaps, and in red with Chicago Stenographer keycaps.
Both sets of #MechanicalKeyboard PCBs are just taped to a cardboard structure to test angles for comfort - about ~40 degree tenting (angle up from table) and ~40 yaw (angle between the halves).
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That’s two superficially very similar DIY #ErgoMechKeyboard prototypes on my desk right now, in green with KLP Lamé keycaps, and in red with Chicago Stenographer keycaps.
Both sets of #MechanicalKeyboard PCBs are just taped to a cardboard structure to test angles for comfort - about ~40 degree tenting (angle up from table) and ~40 yaw (angle between the halves).
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That’s two superficially very similar DIY #ErgoMechKeyboard prototypes on my desk right now, in green with KLP Lamé keycaps, and in red with Chicago Stenographer keycaps.
Both sets of #MechanicalKeyboard PCBs are just taped to a cardboard structure to test angles for comfort - about ~40 degree tenting (angle up from table) and ~40 yaw (angle between the halves).
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That’s two superficially very similar DIY #ErgoMechKeyboard prototypes on my desk right now, in green with KLP Lamé keycaps, and in red with Chicago Stenographer keycaps.
Both sets of #MechanicalKeyboard PCBs are just taped to a cardboard structure to test angles for comfort - about ~40 degree tenting (angle up from table) and ~40 yaw (angle between the halves).
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The twin-PCB #ErgoMechKeyboard idea using #GoldFingers and a PCB edge connector ribbon cable works! My 6th #MechanicalKeyboard design - and one of the easiest to assemble with just an RP2040-Zero and hotswap sockets to solder.
I have not run out of new things I want to try yet 😅 https://astrobeano.blogspot.com/2026/02/two-tiny-10x10cm-pcbs-for-keyboards.html
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The twin-PCB #ErgoMechKeyboard idea using #GoldFingers and a PCB edge connector ribbon cable works! My 6th #MechanicalKeyboard design - and one of the easiest to assemble with just an RP2040-Zero and hotswap sockets to solder.
I have not run out of new things I want to try yet 😅 https://astrobeano.blogspot.com/2026/02/two-tiny-10x10cm-pcbs-for-keyboards.html
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The twin-PCB #ErgoMechKeyboard idea using #GoldFingers and a PCB edge connector ribbon cable works! My 6th #MechanicalKeyboard design - and one of the easiest to assemble with just an RP2040-Zero and hotswap sockets to solder.
I have not run out of new things I want to try yet 😅 https://astrobeano.blogspot.com/2026/02/two-tiny-10x10cm-pcbs-for-keyboards.html
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The twin-PCB #ErgoMechKeyboard idea using #GoldFingers and a PCB edge connector ribbon cable works! My 6th #MechanicalKeyboard design - and one of the easiest to assemble with just an RP2040-Zero and hotswap sockets to solder.
I have not run out of new things I want to try yet 😅 https://astrobeano.blogspot.com/2026/02/two-tiny-10x10cm-pcbs-for-keyboards.html
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The twin-PCB #ErgoMechKeyboard idea using #GoldFingers and a PCB edge connector ribbon cable works! My 6th #MechanicalKeyboard design - and one of the easiest to assemble with just an RP2040-Zero and hotswap sockets to solder.
I have not run out of new things I want to try yet 😅 https://astrobeano.blogspot.com/2026/02/two-tiny-10x10cm-pcbs-for-keyboards.html
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OK they’re portable and flexible to get the most comfortable angles, but a DIY split #ErgoMechKeyboard has it’s downsides!
There’s Bluetooth pairing or janky cables to worry about (TRRS has a short circuit risk), two controllers to solder, trickier firmware, etc.
But what prompted this was the much higher risk of knocking one half off your desk! Only realised today, but when I chipped the corner of my Forager based keyboard this also looks to have broken the tiny #SeeedXiao reset button. That in turn leaves me no easy way to reflash the keyboard when my new #ZMK firmware isn’t working 😱
All in all, a mono body #MechanicalKeyboard with a split layout at a comfy angle seems like a safer bet for me… #SplitKeyboard
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OK they’re portable and flexible to get the most comfortable angles, but a DIY split #ErgoMechKeyboard has it’s downsides!
There’s Bluetooth pairing or janky cables to worry about (TRRS has a short circuit risk), two controllers to solder, trickier firmware, etc.
But what prompted this was the much higher risk of knocking one half off your desk! Only realised today, but when I chipped the corner of my Forager based keyboard this also looks to have broken the tiny #SeeedXiao reset button. That in turn leaves me no easy way to reflash the keyboard when my new #ZMK firmware isn’t working 😱
All in all, a mono body #MechanicalKeyboard with a split layout at a comfy angle seems like a safer bet for me… #SplitKeyboard
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OK they’re portable and flexible to get the most comfortable angles, but a DIY split #ErgoMechKeyboard has it’s downsides!
There’s Bluetooth pairing or janky cables to worry about (TRRS has a short circuit risk), two controllers to solder, trickier firmware, etc.
But what prompted this was the much higher risk of knocking one half off your desk! Only realised today, but when I chipped the corner of my Forager based keyboard this also looks to have broken the tiny #SeeedXiao reset button. That in turn leaves me no easy way to reflash the keyboard when my new #ZMK firmware isn’t working 😱
All in all, a mono body #MechanicalKeyboard with a split layout at a comfy angle seems like a safer bet for me… #SplitKeyboard
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OK they’re portable and flexible to get the most comfortable angles, but a DIY split #ErgoMechKeyboard has it’s downsides!
There’s Bluetooth pairing or janky cables to worry about (TRRS has a short circuit risk), two controllers to solder, trickier firmware, etc.
But what prompted this was the much higher risk of knocking one half off your desk! Only realised today, but when I chipped the corner of my Forager based keyboard this also looks to have broken the tiny #SeeedXiao reset button. That in turn leaves me no easy way to reflash the keyboard when my new #ZMK firmware isn’t working 😱
All in all, a mono body #MechanicalKeyboard with a split layout at a comfy angle seems like a safer bet for me… #SplitKeyboard
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OK they’re portable and flexible to get the most comfortable angles, but a DIY split #ErgoMechKeyboard has it’s downsides!
There’s Bluetooth pairing or janky cables to worry about (TRRS has a short circuit risk), two controllers to solder, trickier firmware, etc.
But what prompted this was the much higher risk of knocking one half off your desk! Only realised today, but when I chipped the corner of my Forager based keyboard this also looks to have broken the tiny #SeeedXiao reset button. That in turn leaves me no easy way to reflash the keyboard when my new #ZMK firmware isn’t working 😱
All in all, a mono body #MechanicalKeyboard with a split layout at a comfy angle seems like a safer bet for me… #SplitKeyboard
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Regarding the other unfinished #MechanicalKeyboard on my desk: The TRRS sockets to finish soldering up this #ErgoMechKeyboard should arrive today - but I’ve only just noticed the 3.5mm cable I planned to use that came with my Corne #SplitKeyboard has only theee wires (like a standard headphone jack). This needs four wires for full duplex communication - so another delay waiting on parts 🤦♂️
