ErgoMechKeyboards
Ergonomic, split and other weird keyboards
Rules
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
No Spam
No excessive posting/"shilling" for commercial purposes. Vendors are permitted to promote their products/services but keep it to a minimum and use the [vendor] flair. Posts that appear to be marketing without being transparent about it will be removed.
No Buy/Sell/Trade
This subreddit is not a marketplace, please post on r/mechmarket or other relevant marketplace.
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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Instead of a big battery, get Qi charging coils and a large charging mat. Now your keyboard is constantly charged when on your desk.
Or get a 3rd MCU to use as a dongle so that acts as the more power hungry central board. Even with tiny 110mAh batteries, that'll give you 3 months of battery life with a pair of nice!nano2s.
You mean using RF instead of Bluetooth?
No, you can setup a dongle with bluetooth. In a regular zmk setup with nice!nanos or whatever bluetooth MCU, the two halves communicate wirelessly over bluetooth, a central one that does all the calculating of what key presses to actually send, and a peripheral that just sends raw keystrokes to the central one. But with a dongle setup, you'd get a 3rd MCU that you plug into the computer that acts as a central board without any keys that has 2 peripheral boards it communicates with. Because you'll keep that 3rd MCU plugged into the computer, it won't need its own battery or even any components, it can just be a bare MCU. You could also make a case for it if you wanted:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwsutNf1WRA&t=721s
That sounds interesting but im also planning on taking this to school so a big ish battery is nice to have but i havent heard of that and that seems like a cool thing to have but can i put that mat under my deskmat and it still charge?
As long as it’s properly aligned it should work through a mat, it works through phone cases. Even thick ones.
Edit: Just found this amazing item on AliExpress. Check it out! $1.03 25％ Off | Support Micro USB Type C Qi Wireless Charger Adapter Induction Receiver Coil Pad https://a.aliexpress.com/_mMv9ZMm
yea i could see if i can get another one that so i can build in the coil
how the hell would i connect that coil tho