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Behind the scenes #208
Behind the scenes with a lot of evaluations (Jiffy75, Redragon, Whalebone, Kemove), open-source and business tasks, keyboard artwork, meetups, new retailers and reductions, and so forth.
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Revealed March 20, 2026
Hey, what’s up everybody!
Welcome again for one more recap and behind-the-scenes write-up – with some cool tasks from the DIY keyboard scene, but in addition promising closed-source business tasks.
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Chef’s selection
Some posts value sharing
- The Jiffy75 (SP75) is a low-profile prebuilt-split keyboard by Jezail Funder Studio. With wood accents and wrist relaxation.
Jiffy75 evaluate
- I examined Whalebone‘s best-selling product, the KDS-3 keyboard stand. Nicely-designed, elegant, inexpensive.
Whalebone keyboard stands
- Redragon‘s tri-mode wi-fi Behemoth K724 Professional is a 75% keyboard with show and rotary knob.
Redragon Behemoth K724 Professional evaluate
Kemove P10-V1 change puller
- One other 34-key break up, with a twist although. The modular Paw 34 by James Crosswell.
Paw 34
- Simon Schödler‘s Effiddy is a declarative break up keyboard, impressed by the Totem.
Effiddy
- A flowery 3D-printed 20% ergo break up with trackball: Black Pearl by Christian Czepluch.
Black Pearl
ThumbsUp! V12 Omron
- Konstantin Goncharuk‘s 65% Splinter is a break up keyboard with horizontal staggering – wired or wi-fi.
Splinter
- A left-hand recreation controller with joystick – on throttle rails. 3R Free Controller by Roel Rijkes.
3R Free Controller
Closed-source, WIP, business, and so forth.
- GeaconPolaris. A WIP break up with index finger trackball. Posted by Exterior-Bluejay.
- Knordex is a wi-fi break up by SfBattleBeagle. Resin printed, repo later.
- Zonkey. A wi-fi break up by Optimal_Zone.
- Joe Scotto‘s handwired monoblock break up Scotto55.
- Kambala is an ULP PG1316 break up by aroum2.
Ideas, Typing, Keymap, 3D
- Stephan Rumswinkel cross-platform KeyPeek supplies a stay on-screen overlay of your keyboard. The overlay updates immediately when layers change, so the view all the time matches your firmware state. Helps QMK, Vial, and ZMK keyboards. A small firmware module is required to stream layer state occasions.
- Letter Drill is one other typing software, this wan helps drill particular letters and characters. Decide letters to observe, principally. By inimical. I do not know if I hate this or exhibiting solely 3 upcoming letters may very well assist some elements of typing.
Keyboard artwork
Diderot impact (aka equipment)
Within the mailbox
I made good progress with working by my backlog, however there are nonetheless a whole lot of boards accumulating mud on my desk ready to be lined.
In the meantime, the Kemove P10-V1 change pullers have arrived (already examined), and one other KiiBOOM plus some IQUNIX boards shipped and on their method.
Dareu Cool68, KiiBOOM Phantom 98, Epomaker Glyph ready for evaluate. Possibly MoErgo’s Go60 as effectively.
Donations
- New donors, yay! Thanks Katharine M. and Guilherme M.!
- As all the time, many due to my superior common supporters and everybody who helped this venture to this point.
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Meetup database
The meetup database serves as each a calendar and an archive, so be happy to ship me upcoming occasions and even ones from the current previous to make this assortment as complete as potential.
Upcoming meetups
Lately added
Vendor information & Reductions
At the beginning, be happy to make use of the KBDNEWS low cost code at 194 keyboard retailers worldwide! And don’t hesitate to report any points! 🙂
New retailers and updates to the database of keyboard distributors:
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That is all for at present. Thanks for checking by. As all the time: Continue learning and constructing!
Till subsequent time,
Tamás
Revealed on Fri twentieth Mar 2026. Featured in KBD #208.
Associated
Behind the Scenes of Challenge 48
Giveaway masterclass: how I received a heap of stuff just lately. Associated: Giveaways banned on r/mk as of at present. Vendor database replace, two new low cost codes, Challenge 47 follow-up.
