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Ergonomic, split and other weird keyboards

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Keep it ergo

Posts must be of/about keyboards that have a clear delineation between the left and right halves of the keyboard, column stagger, or both. This includes one-handed (one half doesn't exist, what clearer delineation is that!?)

i.e. no regular non-split¹ row-stagger and no non-split¹ ortholinear²

¹ split meaning a separation of the halves, whether fixed in place or entirely separate, both are fine.
² ortholinear meaning keys layed out in a grid

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Some useful links

EMK wiki
Split keyboard compare tool
Compare keycap profiles Looking for another set of keycaps - check this site to compare the different keycap profiles https://www.keycaps.info/
Keymap database A database with all kinds of keymap layouts - some of them fits ergo keyboards - get inspired https://keymapdb.com/

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HillSideView | A modified Hillside 46 with nice!view, large battery, 3dp case and cirque support (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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While looking for my first ergo mech keyboard, I wanted something small with choc switches (and spacing), splay and wireless support. The Hillside 46 looked really nice but I wanted to make some changes to it including support for the nice!view, a large battery and the cirque trackpad. That prompted creating a fork of the Hillside 46 called the HillSideView (HSV). The main features that the HSV adds over the Hillside 46 are:

nice!view e-paper display for better battery life
Cleaner outer pinky column cut-off
Support for a cirque trackpad with an FFC connector on the PCB itself
Case design with support for large 750-3000 mAh batteries under the PCB
Magnetic tenting stand with the case
Under PCB mount for the MCU for a cleaner top display mounting

Some links:

Repo
BOM
Short build guide
ZMK keymap

More images here: https://imgur.com/a/YDMosnA

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

i should get a hillside tbh i like how they have a kind of sweep like angle but still have pinky keys

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

That splay is what makes those pinky keys actually usable for me. It helped a lot to print the layout to see test for comfort