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lightweight keyboard

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Dodge1 Dodge1 🚀 added to the journal ago

pcb stuff

forgot to add an update here but i drew the schematic. just used labels for everything since it's cleaner and more readable.
Screenshot 2026-03-15 at 22.18.07

i also routed the pcb and it's god awful routing but it works.
Screenshot 2026-03-15 at 22.16.50

Dodge1 Dodge1 🚀 added to the journal ago

change of idea

it's been a while since i worked on this. i decided to shift away from a 60% and instead go with a steno keyboard since i want to make a 60-80% later as an HE keeb. this is the layout i'm tentatively planning:

image

i'm happy with the key count for now but i might end up changing some sizes in the future.

Dodge1 Dodge1 🚀 added to the journal ago

research

spent a bit of time looking at existing 60%'s and used them to help make this one. most of it is standard except for the inclusion of the extra keys in the hop layer and using the caps lock key to switch between the two layers. the spacebar is also split since that should allow me to use the space as a modifier key if i press both at the same time.

60% made in KLE

Dodge1 Dodge1 🚀 started blade ago

10/4/2025 - research

spent a bit of time looking at existing 60%'s and used them to help make this one. most of it is standard except for the inclusion of the extra keys in the hop layer and using the caps lock key to switch between the two layers. the spacebar is also split since that should allow me to use the space as a modifier key if i press both at the same time.

60% made in KLE

3/6/2026 - change of idea

it's been a while since i worked on this. i decided to shift away from a 60% and instead go with a steno keyboard since i want to make a 60-80% later as an HE keeb. this is the layout i'm tentatively planning:

image

i'm happy with the key count for now but i might end up changing some sizes in the future.

3/15/2026 - pcb stuff

forgot to add an update here but i drew the schematic. just used labels for everything since it's cleaner and more readable.
Screenshot 2026-03-15 at 22.18.07

i also routed the pcb and it's god awful routing but it works.
Screenshot 2026-03-15 at 22.16.50