nicolas33

joined 1 year ago
[–] nicolas33 2 points 1 year ago

Feker Alice 98 I'd say.

[–] nicolas33 3 points 1 year ago

I have three different kinds of keyboards. Regular, Alice and split ergo with columnar stagger. It always takes a little while to get back to speed when I switch boards. But I think that the layouts are different enough so that a distinct muscle memory forms for each one. I guess that the most important thing is that you should be fairly proficient with touch typing on a regular board before trying a different layout. If you are still in the phase of learning, I imagine that it gets really frustrating.

[–] nicolas33 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I definitely wanted stabilized space bars. I don't like 1U for space and 1.5 or even 1.75U unstabilized is not really great in my opinion. The space bars on this board are XDA blanks because 2U cherry profile bars are hard to come by if you don't want to spend a lot of money on the bars alone.

[–] nicolas33 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I am using Elite Pi microcontrollers (RP2040)

[–] nicolas33 3 points 1 year ago

I was indeed thinking of this keyboard when I designed the case.

[–] nicolas33 4 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Thanks! I can give you the files so you can print it yourself 😉

[–] nicolas33 4 points 1 year ago

Thanks! The top surface looks pretty clean because I used the ironing feature, where the hot nozzle of the printer runs across the surface without extruding filament (or very little) to even out imperfections and small gaps. The print has its problems tho, probably like any 3d print. Optimizing your 3d printer and the print results is basically a hobby in itself.

[–] nicolas33 4 points 1 year ago

It feels pretty good and the sound is actually okay too. Maybe next time I'll try it with a PCB. One advantage of hand wiring is that the RGB also shows through the top. That wasn't really intentional, but it looks nice. A PCB would have blocked the light and I would need to add per key LEDs for the same effect.

[–] nicolas33 4 points 1 year ago

Thanks. Yep, cable is DIY

[–] nicolas33 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The internals

 

I wanted to build a split Ergo from scratch, with a slightly more aggressive stagger than the Lily58 style board I had previously built. I also wanted to have a stabilized 2U spacebar and some RGB. The part that was most time-consuming was definitely designing the case in CAD and getting the switches and stabilizers to fit properly. Fortunately, it's all pretty well documented so there wasn't too much trial and error involved. Overall, it turned out pretty well!

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