marty
Cojagithub diepala/cantor
#splitmechanicalkeyboard #mechanicalkeyboard #cantor
crashmoneyhappy to report that i've gotten a split keyboard!! i lucked out and managed to find a pre-built corne with mechanical switches for about $60. my only gripe is with the open-backed bottom… no tenting as well, but so far i’m happy to place the tops on my macbook for the slightest incline.
there was definitely a learning curve! on the day i got it, i was typing 30 wpm and constantly looking down + making typos. but i brought it to work and programmed it using Vile Web + made myself work with it, and by the end of the day i was hitting 110 wpm and almost touch-typing. i missed the number rows a lot as a writer/programmer, but my singular layer took care of that.
several days in, i find that i’m almost as fast as i was, just sometimes making typos. it’s just memorising the custom mapping i designed – i might put it up on github for interested minds
also, it came with a USB dongle and no wireless/wireless connection modes. plus, it’s true wireless so each side has to be individually switched on. luckily, i had a USB-C connector lying around and it’s now dedicated to this keyboard. all my work is done on USB-C devices as well, so it’s really just plug and play :)
all in all, i’m supremely happy with my purchase and i’ve noticed a lot less shoulder pain/tension. i wish i’d gotten one earlier… and thought to look beyond the ZSA Moonlander LOL. thanks everyone in this thread!!
#SplitKeyboard #SplitMechanicalKeyboard #keyboard #MechanicalKeyboard #technology #tech #vile #corne
François MagimelMon clavier 🖮 depuis quelques mois : le DASBOB, un clavier de 36 touches sans diodes coupé en 2.
Switches: purple (linéaire), red pro (linéaire), ambient silent sunset (tactile).
Keycaps: KLP Lamé Saddle
MCU: 0xCB Helios
#SplitMechanicalKeyboard
My keyboard 🖮 since few month: the DASBOB ! A 36 key diodeless split choc keyboard with a buzzer :).
Switches: purple (linear), red pro (linear), ambient silent sunset (tactile).
Keycaps: saddled KLP Lamé
MCU: 0xCB Helios
#SplitMechanicalKeyboard
Peter CockI'm on a roll, two blog posts about #ErgonomicKeyboard design this week!
This one is about some cool #GraphTheory maths which has been used to design a #SplitMechanicalKeyboard and full #MechanicalKeyboard without diodes:
https://astrobeano.blogspot.com/2025/05/topology-meets-custom-keyboard-circuit.html
And earlier, about my custom #KeyboardLayout (which in hindsight might have fitted better on the hobby blog?):
https://blastedbio.blogspot.com/2025/05/what-have-you-done-to-your-keyboard.html
Bastian Greshake TzovarasInspired by @pjacock, I've also written up a bit about my #SplitMechanicalKeyboard journey!
(re)learning to type
tl;dr: It’s been around 6 weeks using an ergonomic split keyboard. Inspired by Peter’s blog post about his experiences in changing to a split keyboard (and alternative keyboard layouts), I wanted to share bit of my own journey of using an ergonomic split keyboard: As part of the “elder millennials”,...
Farooq | فاروق [Master Patata]Okay so I need to make my own split mechanical keyboard. But I want my keyboard to have dual functions. Both a keyboard and a "micro" PC. After long discussions in Rust Offtopic Matrix room and then Rust Embedded room, I think it's a good idea to use Milk V Duo as the processor for my keyboard. And then add video output(HDMI), speaker/buzzer, microphone and Wifi. A shortcut on the device will switch between micro PC and ordinary keyboard.
An advantage of sophogo sg2002 SoC is that the TRM is fully available in English. This will be useful when I want to enter kernel development later. For now I will just do Linux on it.
A Milk V Duo with 512MB RAM and with Wifi costs only 18 USD.
#sophogo #sg2002 #milkv #milkvduo #milkvduos #Linux #opensource #foss #microPC #miniPC #sbc #singleboardcomputers #singleboardcomputers #mechanicalkeyboard #mechanicalkeyboards #SplitMechanicalKeyboard #splitkeyboard #riscv #invention #geek #geeking #geekful #nerd #nerds #nerdling #nerdy #sg2000
are split keyboards worth the hype? what’s your experience with them vs regular mechanical keyboards + switching between a standard laptop keyboard when out and about to the split keyboard at home?
i don’t have plans to get one now, largely because of how difficult they are to find and the consequent higher costs… the ZSA Moonlander is what i’ve been eyeing for a while, but i’m curious to hear what people think
#SplitKeyboard #SplitMechanicalKeyboard #keyboard #MechanicalKeyboard #technology #tech
A good three weeks later I'm up to ~82 WPM on the split keyboard, at least for regular text, finding symbols and shortcuts is still a bit slower!