This is usually the case – [mrzealot] has been using some bad chic style keyboards without scruples, and using enhanced hunting and pecking methods to complete at a rate of 50-60 times per minute. But he really wanted backlight, so he first experienced the life of a mechanic when a master key expert, S. zealot, began to study and make his final keyboard, just as you once bit. It seems that his type will have as few keys as possible, and the thumb keys are arranged in an arc.
So the cardboard prototype began, with a real switch and key cap, and a split design. Mr. zealot, tired of building the whole table, threw it into one and a half. He cut a steel switch board for the prototype, using cardboard as the bottom layer, and a small hatch to access the reset button of Pro micro.
Now satisfied with the layout of 36 keys, it’s time to use feather nrf52 languole wireless internet access. This is where things get serious and final, laser cut layered oak shell and thick, blank PBT key cap.
Underneath all this plastic, the keycap has a range of driving force levels (in our view) ranging from heavy to really heavy – 62 grams of switches on the little and ring fingers, 65 grams in the middle, 67 grams on the index finger and 78 grams on the thumb cluster.
We just like its final appearance and are very jealous of the neoprene layer at the bottom. Beauty aside, here are some real practical things to share. When designing the layout, [Mr. zealot] created a keyboard generator called ergogen, which can bring you closer to your ending without CAD skills, just yaml.
Readers who read hackday carefully may recognize the word “ergogen” from [Matthew Carlson]’s report on [Ben vallack’s Guide to creating a low-key keyboard]. This is another similar truth.
