I accidentallyed on to an etsy search for diy/3Dprinted input devices. I didn't know things had gotten so wacky. There is a charm in it.
individual images as pictured above, with links
I only included general-purpose devices to be used with a computer. There are also a lot of similar that are more particular in scope, like for gaming or music.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1235848485
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1794595199
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1611887621
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1455788841
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1708081897
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1745070932
https://www.etsy.com/listing/4390959934
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1818650330/
https://www.etsy.com/listing/4383876994
https://www.etsy.com/listing/4369697061
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1781943947
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1515191305
https://www.etsy.com/listing/4377100365
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1721444810
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1665096354
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1756466609
Anyone using, or tried using, any of these?
https://svalboard.com/
I've been looking for an open source customizable keyboard as an alternative to the proprietary CharaChorder (CW: Joe Rogan advert flash, wtf lmao). The full kit is $1050, holy shit, though you can get the parts for ~$430 and 3D print the rest yourself. I may consider getting this. My new year's resolution is to get my 3D printer running for once so I can build a custom bracket for my high capacity hard drives and to be able to do these kind of projects. I regret getting the Moonlander now.
I wonder if I would prefer double trackballs, or maybe one side a trackpad or trackpoint. I'd probably get a couple extra modules to switch them around, but it seems while trackballs are probably more useful, sometimes having the trackpad or trackpoint could be handy. I like that this keyboard is similar to the shape of my Elecom HUGE, which is one of my favorite trackballs to work with and feels comfortable in my hand.