Design a keyboard with Ergogen v4
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Design a keyboard with Ergogen v4
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Re: Design a keyboard with Ergogen v4
#2A similar web-based keyboard model/layout generator for Dactyl (concave) keyboards is https://ryanis.cool/dactyl.
I think concave keyboards tend to be more ergonomic than 2d layouts, but to each their own.
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#3It's frustrating that nobody ever explains how to make your own key caps.
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#4I've been too afraid of asking on Reddit.
I'd love a split keyboard with an integrated trackball but the community is creating an overwhelming amount of new content and products.
I have not been able to find a good entry point. The threads often reference shops, specific people, firmwares or discord communities without going into details.
Does anyone happen to know a good resource for how and where to get started today? What's the state of the art, where to buy what etc.
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#5It's frustrating that nobody ever explains how to make your own key caps.
There is a company in California that let you design your own keycaps.
It is called MaxKeyboard.
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#6I developed something similar (PCB only, no cases) as KiCad plugin: https://github.com/adamws/kicad-kbplacer - it uses layouts from keyboard-layout-editor.com as input.
It has web interface as well: https://keyboard-tools.xyz/
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#7I've been too afraid of asking on Reddit. I'd love a split keyboard with an integrated trackball but the community is creating an overwhelming amount of new content and products. I have not been able to find a good entry point. The threads often reference shops, specific people, firmwares or discord communities without going into details. Does anyone happen to know a good resource for how and where to get started tod…
If you mean "I saw a keyboard someone else had, I'd like one too", then you're probably going to get good results if you send a message like "wow, this is really cool, how do I go about making one of these".
Generally, the shops I've seen are all quite happy to sell parts, & provide assembly guides. I think those are good starting points for learning about the things you don't know.
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#8It's frustrating that nobody ever explains how to make your own key caps.
There is a company in California that let you design your own keycaps. It is called MaxKeyboard.
WASD Keyboards [1] (also in California, BTW) offers custom-printed whole sets and individual keys in OEM profile Cherry keycaps.
XVX [2] offers sets of four in Cherry profile
.. and I'm sure there are more options out there.
Then there's the whole "artisan" community, which sculpt and cast individual keycaps in various designs and shapes, more for looks and collecting than for typing on. I've seen group buys of tooling for making these.
1. https://www.wasdkeyboards.com>
2. https://en.xvxchannel.com/en-eu/products/xvx-custom-art-icon...>
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#9I've been too afraid of asking on Reddit. I'd love a split keyboard with an integrated trackball but the community is creating an overwhelming amount of new content and products. I have not been able to find a good entry point. The threads often reference shops, specific people, firmwares or discord communities without going into details. Does anyone happen to know a good resource for how and where to get started tod…
Which subreddit are you looking at? I am also interested in an ergo keyboard with an integrated trackball.
Re: Design a keyboard with Ergogen v4
#10I've been too afraid of asking on Reddit. I'd love a split keyboard with an integrated trackball but the community is creating an overwhelming amount of new content and products. I have not been able to find a good entry point. The threads often reference shops, specific people, firmwares or discord communities without going into details. Does anyone happen to know a good resource for how and where to get started tod…
Which subreddit are you looking at? I am also interested in an ergo keyboard with an integrated trackball.
What I've done is take a Kinesis Advantage2 and add an Apple Magic Trackpad, like this: [1]
I use museum wax as the mounting method, which allows slight adjustments but is otherwise a firm hold.
[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/kinesisadvantage/comments/s2n2k3/ki...