Lily58 VS miryoku

The hardware is one half of the DIY split ergo-mech Lily58: <https://github.com/kata0510/Lily58>

The FrogPad-inspired part is the firmware/layout for only one hand.

You will need to do further testing with a multimeter to determine what is connected that shouldn't be. This may be easier if you look at the pcb design schematics.https://github.com/kata0510/Lily58/tree/master

You can find it here on the official github repo https://github.com/kata0510/Lily58/tree/master/Pro/PCB

Hello everyone, I've wanted to get into ergo keyboards for a while now and this holiday season I've decided to give the gift of less wrist problems to family and friends, but I can't be sure that all the parts I'm looking for are exactly what I need, I've been looking at AliExpress and trying to buy the stuff to make a couple of lily58-pros as detailed in: https://github.com/kata0510/Lily58/blob/master/Pro/Doc/buildguide_en.md also will probably print the PCBs on jlcpcb

After the release of Corne GLP, there has been significant interest among community members in trying out Gateron Low Profile switches. That's why I created Allium58 based on the Lily58 Pro created by kata0510.

The Lily58 github page doesn't have a gerber.zip. I downloaded Kicad (first time using it) and was able to produce a gerber for the right PCB, but I don't know how to mirror the design to create the left PCB. Any idea how to do this? I tried the mirror button in the toolbar but some parts came out not aligned properly.

I went for a lily58 as my split keyboard and they have a pretty good build guide https://github.com/kata0510/Lily58/blob/master/Pro/Doc/buildguide_en.md

After some initial research, I've found a couple of models that seem to meet my requirements: the Lily58 and Redox-w v2.

Only found adobe illustrator files. https://github.com/kata0510/Lily58/blob/master/case/Lily58_case.ai

I've seen https://github.com/manna-harbour/miryoku but it doesn't appear to be easily modified.

A 75% keyboard still require quite a lot of wrist movement, which is not ideal in your situation. It's better to learn to use layers, you could still have all the function keys and such with a 36 or 34 keys. With with such a small keyboard you don't need to move your wrist while typing. A Corne or even a Ferris Sweep can do the job with a proper keymap, like Miryoku.

If you prefer to have semicolon on Base you'd substitute custom Base, Nav, and Sym layers, swapping semicolon and slash, with https://github.com/manna-harbour/miryoku/discussions/85.

The Miryoku layout [1] has a dedicated number layer which turns the left half into a number pad. Practical (once you get used to it) and portable.

[1] https://github.com/manna-harbour/miryoku

It's understandable if some people would prefer a larger layout. I wouldn't argue people should be using smaller keyboards.

It's "I don't mind moving my hand to hit the key" vs "I don't mind holding down some Fn key to hit the key". (Or with F1-F12 on Macbooks, you need to both hold down a Fn key and move your hand).

For an example of "36 keys ... how", I think the popular miryoku layout is fascinating. https://github.com/manna-harbour/miryoku/tree/master/docs/re... -- Often, mnemonics for particular keys aren't all that complicated.

Except for those who use Miryoku, which is not optimized for software development, probably every single person here will have its own custom keymap.

The keyboard on the other desk is a wireless Corne low profile kit I built up a while back using a couple nice!nano controllers and their low power display too. For general typing I don't have much of a problem going back and forth between the two, but the Corne is only 34 keys and I use a complex layout called Miryoku to get access to most symbols and functions I have by default on my 360.