This repository is where I keep my work on custom mechanical keyboards.
The first keyboard I built is a tribute to the BBC Micro made in the run-up to its 40th anniversary in 2021.
It uses a Yiancar HS60 PCB and a generic HHKB case, and keycaps designed by me and printed by WASD.
The project directory hhkbeeb also contains designs for an acrylic sandwich case that I never made.
The default branch in this repository is jokingly called
model-bbecause git's default branch used to bemaster, and both are kinds of BBC Micro.
In 2023 I designed a 65% keyboard with a "unix69" layout. It uses a Waveshare RP2040-Tiny controller on a PCB designed by me. The case is a sandwich of FR-4 and LEGO.
I have assembled three versions of Keybird69:
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with Cherry MX Clear switches and Signature Plastics DSS "Dolch" keycaps
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Cherry MX Clear switches again but with the springs lubericated to eliminate their pinging; and with matt3o's GMK MTNU Susu keycaps.
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Gateron CAP milky brown switches with JTK HSA Hyperfuse keycaps
My late 2023 / early 2024 work in progress is series of 77% boards:
- bigger than 75%
- fewer keys than 80%
- more symmetrical
They are called keybird42:
- 42 cm wide PCB
- 21 keys wide (42 / 2)
- 84 keys total (42 * 2)
The first version will have a layered acrylic case; there may be others.