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I’ve been working on a design for a split keyboard that is a hybrid between a Corne and a Sofle.

So fair the electrical and software aspects work, I still need to sort out the chassis.

Some features:

  • Efficient backlight circuit (at 100% it uses 20mA)
  • Custom MBK Choc caps from fkcaps.com (the glow is awesome)
  • ~250mAh battery (still low profile as there’s a hole in the PCB for the battery)
  • Dual EVQ encoders
  • Fully wireless using Nice Nanos
  • The layout has MacOS and Windows modes
  • Choc spacing

Once I’ve got the chassis done and I’ve cleaned everything up a bit I’ll open source it.

Here’s a preview of the chassis design so far:

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[–] MickiusMousius@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nice!Views, they’re incredibly power efficient.

[–] Fuck_u_spez_@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] MickiusMousius@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Sharp memory display, it’s a bit like Epaper in terms of appearance. Most of the OLED panels I could find eat batteries.

More info here: https://nicekeyboards.com/nice-view/