ErgoMechKeyboards

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Ergonomic, split and other weird keyboards

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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

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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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Love my new Voyager (self.ergomechkeyboards)

submitted 11 months ago by wesada to c/ergomechkeyboards

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I absolutely love my new Voyager. This is my first ZSA board and between the awesome staff, polished configuration of Oryx and the superb build quality of the board, I have zero regrets about my purchase.

I have fallen down the layout configuration spiral changing things to suit my needs and comfort - adding home row mods (which are totally game changing for me) and adjusting timings to deal with roll as well as combinations that make my working life easier, I can report that I feel pretty darn productive.

This board is also my first choc and hot-swap... I bought some Sunsets this morning from lowprokb.ca - I'm excited to see what a lighter switch does for me.

Just excited to share my experience with community.

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[–] dabu 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Does it help if their qmk firmware is open source? Not an expert on qmk but I thought it should be enough if they go out of business

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

That's not an issue, I think; I'm just not certain how much their forked QMK diverges from the base, and if they've added features that are only programmable with Oryx or Keymapp (also closed-source). The fact that the flashing tool, wally, is open-source, but everything else is closed, makes me think there are some proprietary changes in their fork that can't be configured with the QMK tools. But I don't know.

I bought the Ergodox because I'm neither knowledgeable nor interested in getting into the firmware and custom soldering level of mechanical keyboards. So I'm making a lot of educated guesses which could be totally off. ¯\(ツ)/¯