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HN recommends it as a thorough, general walkthrough of the steps in designing your own keyboard.
Ben Vallack walks through designing a custom keyboard PCB from scratch using Ergogen and KiCad, ending with a gerber file ready to order from a PCB fabricator. The example is a split keyboard.
“It's targeting a split keyboard, but I think it details the general steps involved pretty well.” (HN, 2022)
> Build your own keyboard This is something I've been interested in lately as well & came across this video: [this video] It's targeting a split keyboard, but I think it details the general steps involved pretty well.
Details general steps of designing a split keyboard
In the realm of programmable keyboards, it doesn’t really matter which OS you will use it with… My golden medium is Anne Pro II, even though I own new model F. But more and more I’m getting drawn to an idea of building 36 keys custom. Watch something from a channel of this hugely underrated gent: [this video] Edit: typos (ipad screen kbd…)
You could go one step further and build your own keyboard to match your hands as well. I've watched several of these videos and planning on eventually building one: [this video]
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