Behind the scenes #192

Keyboard Builders’ Digest / Editorial

Behind the scenes #192

Keyboard tasks, ideas, fast information, keyboard artwork, within the mailbox, meetups, distributors, reductions.

dovenyi
Revealed June 12, 2025

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 additionally promising closed-source tasks and even prototypes.

If you’re new to kbd.information, you may learn how this began out and what that is all about these days. In case you like what you see, subscribe to the publication (free) and donate some bucks to maintain this in any other case free and ad-free venture alive.

Some posts price sharing

• Current evaluate: The KiiBOOM LOOP65 is an inexpensive 65% keyboard with a cool multi-color aluminum case. A comparatively compact wi-fi board supporting VIA.

• Paicorea is a 42-key low-profile cut up keyboard designed by DreaM117er – with PG1316S switches and Azoteq trackpad.

• Saoto Tsuchiya‘s Pineapple60 venture is a set of ergo keyboard PCBs for ThinkPads – with trackpoint.

• Chad Transtrum‘s good unibody cut up with encoder: the Charlieflex.

• The Sweek is earvingad‘s model of the Ferris/Sweep.

• This cut up comes with decrease controller mounting: KOMETA by inpudiy.

• Andrew Rudenko‘s rkbrd3 is a 3D-printed wi-fi parametric cut up with keywell.

• A feature-rich open-source 65% keyboard PCB: Aryess by Pioz.

• Summa Cogni‘s Mathpad is a devoted gadget that makes it simple to kind equations.

• A handwired ortho by RunRunAndyRun: the Hex69 with some progress images.

• Flicker proof of idea by MomentSouthern250. Solely 5 keys plus two thumb keys per half, with three-way Corridor-effect switches.

• The NP-R [IC] is a retro wanting numpad with bluetooth, solenoid, and a layer selector knob.

• Cornix is a pleasant cut up [GB] by Jezail Studio.

• SVRD60 – with separable arrow/nav/numpad half.

• Ivery58 is an Allium58/Lily58 spinoff by applefreak111.

• A handwired ortho by whateverworks325. With touchpad and a few progress images.

• Hello-Viz cables with customized formulated Ceracore by kool-keys – matching Maxvoltar‘s Hello-Viz caps.

• Weekly aspect profile: Qi65.

• DIY homing keys. Feelingoodbroreduce the angles of staples and glued the metallic bar to the keycaps.

• leftright.area is a web based typing take a look at to indicate when you kind quicker along with your proper or left hand (and evaluate it to everybody else’s outcomes). For some frequent layouts. Undecided if the numbers are right. Allegedly, I kind a lot quicker with my left hand.

GravaStar has cooked up one thing actually cool. I not often get excited a couple of new product after proudly owning.. khm.. about 130 keyboards, however I acquired a brand-new kick-ass mannequin from them earlier this week. Nevertheless, I am not allowed to submit something about it earlier than twenty sixth June, its official launch date. Effectively, it would not make a lot sense because you could not purchase it and even try the product web page.

So I’ve to include my pleasure: the evaluate shall be printed on twenty sixth June.

Donations

• Yay! A brand new recurring donation has been arrange. Thanks Dickiedyce!

For all of the donation choices try the donation web page!

Meetup database

As at all times, this meetup database serves as each a calendar and an archive, so be at liberty to ship me upcoming occasions and even ones from the latest previous to make this assortment as complete as potential.

Upcoming meetups

Distributors & Reductions

Be happy to make use of the KBDNEWS low cost code at 175 keyboard outlets! And don’t hesitate to report any points. Thanks! 🙂

New outlets and updates to the database of keyboard distributors this previous two weeks:

• Marked as closed: Mechi Cables (CA)

Developments

• I’ve completed tagging 330 change fashions by colour… I’ve but to give you a correct interface, however you can filter switches by colour very quickly – e.g. to seek out ones with clear prime housing for RGB, or just crimson or cyan switches to match a selected case, keycap set or working setting.

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That is all for at the moment. Thanks for checking by. As at all times: Continue learning and constructing!

Till subsequent time,
Tamás

Revealed on Thu twelfth Jun 2025. Featured in KBD #192.

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