submitted 1 year ago by hyperreal@lemmy.world to c/ergomechkeyboards@lemmy.world

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34 keys, wired ortholinear unibody
WeAct Pi Pico
Choc Silvers (hotswap)
Chicago Steno (all R3) in black resin
simple 3dp tray case (friction fit at the moment)

This board is helping me fall back in love with chocs. Going to iterate on the design a bit (want to try wireless, PCB solder nuts, tweaks to the case, etc). Shoutout to the friendly folks on the ergogen server for helping with some firmware questions and build troubleshooting. I tried to get a little too cute with the matrix, trying to save pins even though I was nowhere close to running out. But in the end, works like a charm.

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[-] apfel@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

oh interesting! why only r3? 👀

[-] hyperreal@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I think because I'm so used to a laptop keyboard, uniform profiles just feel better to me.

[-] apfel@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

i see :) well CS is definitely my favourite choc profile, so i can see how it would also work uniformly!

[-] hansamann@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Would you mind making it 36 keys, 3 Thumb keys? Then I am in to try it out... Looks like a great board.

this post was submitted on 23 Oct 2023

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