Issue #141 - Keyboard Builders' Digest
Keyboard Builders' Digest // Issue #141
Check out this week's editorial with awesome projects, tips and ideas!
Hey y'all,
Here are some of the posts I thought were worth sharing this week:
- Head to this mini poll first. The September top switch compilation was very popular, I may incorporate these results into the next one.
- I'm going to host another MK advent calendar this year. Get back to me with a working title if you'd like to contribute an article too.
- And there will be an anniversary giveaway. Still in the making, looking for sponsors.
- Corne renaissance: Boardsource launched Unicorne, a Corne ecosystem with cases, PCB and a new tenting system.
- Released by FrictioN, the Corne Xiao is a modified, wireless version of Foostan's original.
- Hai Nguyen of ergomech.store shared his Corne Chocoflan, a low-pro Corne variant optimized for wireless use.
- Kooziecup published multiple high-profile cases for the Lily58 and, yes, for the Corne!
- I reviewed the Bancouver40, this cool little pre-built ortho keyboard -- designed by Sporewoh and sold by Chosfox -- on the occasion of the announcement of two new products in the line-up: minipeg48 and kowgary16.
- Span is a split with trackpoint support by Idan of holykeebs -- following in the footsteps of the GergoPlex.
- Patrick Ryan shared his Yurigs80, a 84-key keyboard with Pi Pico and encoder.
- In bulk -- Joe Scotto shared some keycaps, Danny's blog post on the Iris CE, and some pics: a magnetic split by lux_via and the Kassiopea 46 by Any_interaction.
- Finally, the authoritative Hyper7 resurrected by Mechboards. GB starting at this very moment!
You can find even more quick news and resources in my weekly editorial write-up, MK meetup calendar and keyboard shop database -- with 500+ keyboard vendors, 100+ of them offering various discounts and coupons for you!
Sponsors of the upcoming giveaway
Just reached out for offers yesterday, but you may check out the prizes thus far. And say thanks to the quickest and greatest vendors:
Capsule Deluxe, Chosfox, Custom Keyboard Co., Cyboard, FalbaTech, Goblintechkeys, Green Door Geeks, KEEBD, Kemove, Keyboard.io, Keycapsss, KEYGEM, Krome Keycaps, Little Keyboards, Mechboards, Mintlodica, Turtlekeebs, Upgrade Keyboards, ZSA Technology Labs.
This issue’s supporters
splitkb.com, MoErgo Glove80, u/chad3814, Aiksplace, @keebio, Upgrade Keyboards, Cyboard, Sean Grady, @kaleid1990, Jacob Mikesell, Jason Hazel, KEEBD, kiyejoco, littlemer-the-second, ghsear.ch, u/motfalcon, Christian Lo, Bob Cotton, FFKeebs, @therick0996, Joel Simpson, Lev Popov, Christian Mladenov, Daniel Nikolov, u/eighty58five, Schnoor Typography, Caleb Rand, Skyler Thuss, Spencer Blackwood, Yuan Liu, Mats Faugli, Benjamin Bell, James McCleese, TurtleKeebs, Matthias Goffette, Ben M, Davidjohn Gerena, Spencer Dabell, zzeneg, Hating TheFruit, Anatolii Smolianinov, Penk Chen, Clacky, Felicitas, anonymous.
(You are awesome! Thanks everyone!)
Weekly keyboard art
Lisboa Meetup flyer (source).