my first split keyboard

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Published
November 25, 2024
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I built this wireless split keyboard!

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It required about 4 hours of soldering—it’d probably take a normal person 1-2 but you’ve seen how shaky my hands are LOL

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It’s meant to be wireless, but the batteries haven’t arrived yet.

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They share power and communicate using a 3.5mm TRRS cable!

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Some other cool keyboards:

This is a normal QWERTY keyboard with an orthilinear key layout (not staggered).
r/MechanicalKeyboards - First ortholinear keyboard
This is a Kinesis Advantage2. It’s contoured, ortholinear and split.
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This is a Charbydis Nano. It’s contoured ortholinear, and split. It also has a trackball!
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Got myself a huge and sturdy set of "helping hands"