MxLEDBitPCB
By swanmatch
amoeba-choc
Single key pcb for Kailh Choc switch (by girishji)
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
MxLEDBitPCB
Posts with mentions or reviews of MxLEDBitPCB.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-09-26.
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Dactyl Manuform with places for screwing single key pcb
I've tried the MXLEDBitPCB personally for a dactyl and it worked great. (I used the "Container" variant). My dactyl case holes were a tiny bit too big, but once i got the hotswap sockets in, it held the keys well enough to stop the wiggle. My only complaint is that the 5x5 PCB layout made it a pain to break them apart, and it left little fiberglass nubs i had to sand down. The labeling was a bit easier to understand than the Amoebas, but it also not as fancy. The big advantage these have, is they support through-hole diodes, as opposed to tiny smd diodes.
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Hot swap sockets in hand-wired build?
dometyl can generate keywells with hotswap socket slots, you can hot-glue/crazy-glue them in place or just yolo them in place. I prefer to use 1u pcb's, since soldering wire to them is much easier. The MxLEDBitPCB atlanta support hotswap sockets and you can have many manufactured very cheaply by jlcpcb.com.
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Finally done - my version of the Tractyl Manuform!
These PCBs: https://github.com/swanmatch/MxLEDBitPCB/tree/master/container
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Choc Amoeba
MxLEDBitPCBs have a Choc variant, too: https://kbd.news/MXLEDBitPCB-1060.html
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Per key RGB? - hand wired Dactyl manuform - non-matrix wiring for switches.
Also worth noting that Amoeba Royale has very small LED solder pads compared to mxledbit's "container" ( https://github.com/swanmatch/MxLEDBitPCB/tree/master/container ) board.
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When you order the wrong LEDs but are too stubborn
. The trouble? I got the Altana board made which only supports sk6812 mini LEDs (for an underglow I suppose) and do NOT support the sk6812 mini *-e* LEDs which tend to be the first result that come up if you just search sk6812 mini. See this wonderful github thread of another fellow keyboard enthusiast making the same mistake. In fairness the support rubric is pretty clear so I was just being stupid/hasty/whatever.
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Does the order of connecting per-key and underglow LEDs matter?
I much preferred the idea of SK6812MINI-E LEDs, but couldn't source a PCB that worked with chocs and also the MINI-Es. I decided to try handwiring one, then found the MxLEDBitPCB: the choc version supports MINI-Es, and it looked as if it might make handwiring a little more straightforward for a relative newbie.
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Dactyl Manuform 3x6 with Susuwatari caps and Zilent V2 switches
It's per-switch using PCBs from this repo: https://github.com/swanmatch/MxLEDBitPCB
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Need help with RGB in my Dactyl
Hey all! I'm trying to put together a handwired dactyl build with hotswap and RGBs in each switch using the MxLEDBitPCB Amoeba.
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$70 Dactyl Manuform and my mechanical keyboard journey
MxLEDBitPCB altana from jlcpcb $6 with shipping - you may want to choose the container version if you want backlighting but the wiring if more involved so I did not go this route
amoeba-choc
Posts with mentions or reviews of amoeba-choc.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-04-25.
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Choc Amoeba
Check here: https://github.com/girishji/amoeba-choc
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Amoeba single switch PCB for Kailh Choc with LED and hotswap socket
You can let jlcpcb panelize them (5x5 per panel). More info: https://github.com/girishji/amoeba-choc
What are some alternatives?
When comparing MxLEDBitPCB and amoeba-choc you can also consider the following projects:
keyboard-pcbs - Keyboard PCBs
su120-keyboard - Expandable keyboard with up to 120 keys
klavgen - Handwired mechanical keyboard generator
qmk_fw - Open-source keyboard firmware for Atmel AVR and Arm USB families
dometyl-keyboard - A parametric generator for designing split, concave, ergonomic keyboards written in ocaml.
dactyl-keyboard - Dactyl-ManuForm, a parameterized ergonomic keyboard translated into Python including a cadquery / Open CASCADE implementation.
qmk_firmware - Open-source keyboard firmware for Atmel AVR and Arm USB families
dm_r_track
handwirehotswap - A 3D printed, Solderless Hot Swap Socket to build keyswitch matrixes