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¹ split meaning a separation of the halves, whether fixed in place or entirely separate, both are fine.
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Corne with solar and Magsafe (media.piefed.ca)
submitted 3 months ago by Yoddel_Hickory@piefed.ca to c/ergomechkeyboards@lemmy.world
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Started having some pain after days of work + evenings of gaming, so I decided to get an ergonomic keyboard.

  • Board: Corne Choc wireless from Typeractive
  • Switches: Ambients Silent Choc Switches 20 g linear Nocturnal from lowprokb
  • Keycaps: MBK Low Profile PBT from lowprokb
  • Controllers: Supermini NRF52840 from Aliexpress
  • Tenting: Magsafe metal rings and phone holders from Aliexpress
  • Solar panels: Ixolar panels that are nearly the exact same size as the keyboard controllers from Digikey
  • Solar harverters: Solar harvester for Li-ion batteries on Tindie

It tents:

It sticks together:

All thanks to Magsafe rings and small magnets on the bottom:

And if I ever want to Switch up the color scheme:

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[–] TastehWaffleZ@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

You must love licorice lol. Love the look and the MagSafe was a clever design

[–] Yoddel_Hickory@piefed.ca 9 points 3 months ago

Look if you never get the urge to take a bite of your keyboard when hungry what are you even doing

[–] natecox@programming.dev 4 points 3 months ago

Nice. I have a very similar setup, though I drop the outside column.

I have several crkbds but I kinda regret buying the Typeractive one. It’s fine but they don’t provide modeling files or kicad references which makes building a custom case and switch plate way way harder than a crkbd off the main repo.

[–] Elouin@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 months ago

Ooooh, i really like the magsafe idea. Seems like a more versatile version of the tenting puck.

[–] tynansdtm@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago

Super interested in the Corne layouts but I've been unemployed for a little bit so my budget is approximately $0. Anyway it's super pretty and very inventive so I'm gonna favourite and forget this.

[–] phaedo@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Are solar panels effective at all for charging the batteries?

[–] Yoddel_Hickory@piefed.ca 1 points 3 months ago

Not really! Especially not inside. And it is more covenient to plug them to a charger overnight than to let them on the windowsill.

But they are pretty and could be useful in a bind.