ErgoMechKeyboards

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Ergonomic, split and other weird keyboards

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Keep it ergo

Posts must be of/about keyboards that have a clear delineation between the left and right halves of the keyboard, column stagger, or both. This includes one-handed (one half doesn't exist, what clearer delineation is that!?)

i.e. no regular non-split¹ row-stagger and no non-split¹ ortholinear²

¹ split meaning a separation of the halves, whether fixed in place or entirely separate, both are fine.
² ortholinear meaning keys layed out in a grid

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Some useful links

EMK wiki
Split keyboard compare tool
Compare keycap profiles Looking for another set of keycaps - check this site to compare the different keycap profiles https://www.keycaps.info/
Keymap database A database with all kinds of keymap layouts - some of them fits ergo keyboards - get inspired https://keymapdb.com/

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PCB Designed! (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by excitingburp@lemmy.world to c/ergomechkeyboards@lemmy.world

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Now I have to patiently wait for them to ship. I'm not shy about the Sweep inspiration.

The goal is to have it be modular, with a central controller board. I'm going to eventually use these with paracord cables to hot-plug different types of keyboards (the first will most likely be a gaming keyboard on the left). I'm looking for less bulky magnetic connectors if anyone knows a source. Definitely not considering a TRRS, as I don't think my GPIOs should be mainlining 5V during hotplugging.

The controller is still being prototyped on a breadboard. I have already experienced the woes of hot-plugging I2C on the prototype boards (stuck bus and all), so I'm going to experiment with the TCA4307.

The firmware is being developed in Rust, though haven't pushed it anywhere yet.

https://codeberg.org/jcdickinson/octoboard

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[–] nydas@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I’m assuming you downloaded an stl of the switches and the controller? Where did you dl them from?

[–] excitingburp@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have retained the original library names in repo. Keebio-parts and ScottoKicad - both on GitHub.

[–] obosob@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Even better would be to use git submodules for them rather than copying the into your tree.

[–] hazel@keeb.lol 2 points 1 year ago

GrabCAD is where I usually start my hunt.