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Keyboard Builders’ Digest / Issue 50

Check the new issue with awesome projects, tips and ideas!

Hi <<First Name>>,

KBD.news will turn 1 in three weeks. Prepare for a giveaway! Sponsors thus far: 3DKeebs, Mechbox, pkkeyboards are Rectangles.store.

And these are the posts I thought were worth sharing this week:

1. The Lyra and SuperLyra, a split and a pseudosplit with numpad in the center, are two open-source designs by Malevolti.

2. The Railroad keyboard, DiplomacyPunIn10Did's first design, is now open source.

3. A new revision of the Pinkytyl by ripxorip, this time with Chocs.

4. The Mirage is a low-profile mechanical keyboard with clickable OLED displays and CircuitPython.

5. Protocol Seven, a monoblock split by PM_ME_YOUR_MAINFRAME with a numpad in the center comes with source files.

6. An open-source magnetic macropad case by bikepackerdude.

7. The Chonkpad is an open-source 3D printed MurphPad case by Customniches.

8. The Keyboard Store Map is another interface for the dataset of the Keyboard Vendor Database. About 150 keyboard shops put on a map.

9. ThereminGoat reviews the Novelkeys Cream Tactile switches.

10. Difference in routing of some USB-C Pro Micro clones reported by hellmoneywarriors.

11. The MxLEDBitPCB by swanmatch is a 1u Amoeba-alternative with Kailh hotswap support.

12. jdigi78 designed and published an ultrawide display mount for the Mercutio.

13. Rossenheimer thought folks will appreciate the unidentified luggable computer his boss brought to the office.

14. A 1979 Heathkit H89 running an ASCII version of Space Invaders. Acquired by glencanyon.

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This issue’s supporters

splitkb.com, Jeremy Kitchen, AikenJG, @keebio, Timo, @kaleid1990, u/chad3814, Eugenie, sebastian siggerud, ajoflo, cdc, Keycapsss.com, Jim, kiyejoco, faso, _qdw_

Thank you so much! Making this issue wouldn’t have been possible without your support.

Behind the Scenes

This week’s topics of my behind the scenes series on BMC (for members):

“Upcoming giveaway, vendor map disaster with takeaways, bongo cat guest appearance, new discount codes, experiences of mailing 340 keyboard vendors.”

Read it here

Weekly keyboard art

Well, not keys but 1,048 buttons to play with at Shimada Denki Seisakusho (more info).

And finally, the news with pics…

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