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YKB Skadi
An open-source Corridor-effect wi-fi cut up keyboard with keywell: YKB Skadi by YarmanKB.
KBD.information
Printed June 22, 2026
YarmanKB‘s Herman Berdnikov (aka SpeedRa1n/jayadamsmorgan) shared the YKB Skadi – an open-source Corridor-effect ergo cut up keyboard. It is wi-fi, and encompasses a good keywell by way of the Dactyl-inspired case.
This isn’t a gaming keyboard, however a typing instrument and a platform for experimenting with what Corridor Impact keyboards and a keyboard firmware can really do – SpeedRa1n.
Customized translucent keycaps from fkcaps.com, customized firmware. The bendable PCBs for the columns, that includes addressable RGB LEDs and Corridor-effect sensors, are related to a central unit.
Specs
- 60 keys (6×4+6 columnar cut up)
- magnetic switches, inherently hotswappable
- customized XDA keycaps from fkcaps.com
- Holyiot-21069 controller (nRF5340 module)
- TMAG5253 sensors
- per-key RGB LEDs
- 3D-printed case
- ykb-firmware (customized)
Like ZMK, the firware additionally makes use of Zephyr, so it ought to assist any Nordic primarily based magnetic keyboards by including board recordsdata.
Assets
Printed on Mon twenty second Jun 2026. Featured in KBD #213 (supply).
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