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Time to take a Detour (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 day ago by tankplanker@lemmy.world to c/mechanicalkeyboards@lemmy.ml

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[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

This is sexy. I need details.

[–] wjrii@lemmy.world 1 points 34 minutes ago

DIY board. I designed a no-stabs matrix-only PCB (the Pi Pico MCU has to serve as the "daughterboard"). It's FRL 1800 and is one of my personal favorites, though I've since replaced the black spacebars with a couple of BOW keys that reflect the hold-tap mapping I set up; I've also changed it from KMK to ZMK.

Anyway, PCB orders usually have a minimum order of 5 piences, so I snapped the numpad off of one and laser-cut a "case" and got "half-height" switches. My laser can sort of half-assedly dye-sub cheap PBT blanks, so I did a Timex Sinclair design. Later, I added feet, a 3D printed "sidewall," and a MagSafe ring so it could be the keyboard for a Chrometab I converted to Debian.