Contra
Contra - Lowest cost ortholinear keyboard kit possible (by ai03-2725)
banime40
A 4x10 hotswap ortholinear keyboard that supports multiple configurations. (by ChrisChrisLoLo)
| Contra | banime40 | |
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| 15 | 15 | |
| 156 | 85 | |
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| 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| almost 5 years ago | over 1 year ago | |
| - | Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 4.0 |
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Contra
Posts with mentions or reviews of Contra.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-10-15.
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Are we ever going to get another revision of the Planck?
Why not print your own "planck" pcb, like the Contra? https://github.com/ai03-2725/Contra
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Need some open source ortholinear PCB
ai03's Contra Cartel is open source. https://github.com/ai03-2725/Contra
- Simple open source 40%
- I made QMK firmware that emulates an Enigma machine (QMK) [OC]
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[IC] Contra Improved: Contra 40% with USB C Input and RGB Underglow
Hello Everyone, So I've decided to run an IC for Contra 40% board(https://github.com/ai03-2725/Contra). It'll be a modified PCB based on Contra 40 PCB to support USB C and RGB underglow.
- I love my plank 40% Ortho board... But I really want Bluetooth
- 40% cheap ortho pcb
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Damnit, I’m about to step in the rabbithole: Making the most minimalistic keyboard myself - a 40% daisy40, bm43 or jj40? Keychron is my gateway drug. Willing to learn soldering.
Check out the Ai03 Contra. It's a 12x4u open-source board. You could try using the NiceNano microcontroller (instead of pro micro) to add wireless functionailty
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[US-DC][H] Ortho pcbs [W] Paypal
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Fully-wireless setup ready for the office
Yep, 40% ortho. It's actually an open-source board (not created by me), so you can order the pcbs if you're interested in building one yourself. https://github.com/ai03-2725/Contra
banime40
Posts with mentions or reviews of banime40.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-02-09.
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Happy 40s day! 🎉
Excellent taste. My keymap is my own homebrew layout that's suitable for casual use and programming, which I have humbly given the name of TypeBeastXDPlus Home Edition. The one in the top left is one of my first projects: the gasket mounted banime40
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Simple open source 40%
The switches are held with a middle plate that is sized to the mx switches and fits it in. You can see that here https://github.com/ChrisChrisLoLo/banime40/tree/master/case/stl . Click on the plate
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After 6 month of using a 32 key ortholinear keyboard, I got back to my staggered keyboard wpm of 60-70 WPM (words + punctuation + numbers). Some thoughts about switching, and the procs and cons I've noticed so far.
The creator of the board has much better pictures than I do here: https://github.com/ChrisChrisLoLo/banime40
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Caseless Banime40
Wanted a 4x10 keyboard and stumbled upon the Banime40(https://github.com/ChrisChrisLoLo/banime40) made by u/sporewoh. I am used to having a keyboard that is basically just keys, switches and a PCB so I skipped 3D printing the case and this is the result.
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The akko red and blue samurai coming in clutch, again.
the 40% is a banime40 an open sourced board https://github.com/ChrisChrisLoLo/banime40 . The creator had spare parts and i managed to snag components and a printed case from him. huge shoutouts to u/sporewoh , who has created a ton of designs, like his latest modular magnetic macropad was trending here.
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Where do I go from here? The device does not get recognized as a keyboard after flashing with QMK Toolbox
I have a banime40 with this USB-C Pro Micro from keeb.io. I'm using QMK Toolbox 0.2.2. It connects, flashes, then disconnects
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Tracksuit Ortholinear
It’s free and open source here! https://github.com/ChrisChrisLoLo/banime40. I’m not planning to sell them as kits yet, though I may be able to in the foreseeable future. All updates with be open sourced though
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Questions about the Raspberry Pi Pico as a replacement for the Pro Micro
I understand I would need to program it using KMK, but I just wanted to make sure I can use the Pi Pico as a replacement for the Pro Micro in the banime40, the board I want to order.
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How do I download a Gerber from Github?
gotta download the entire repo in my experience, on the main page https://github.com/ChrisChrisLoLo/banime40 click the green code button and download zip
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I made my own PCB and case!
3D printed one I made! There's some details in my repository if you're interested
What are some alternatives?
When comparing Contra and banime40 you can also consider the following projects:
zmk - ZMK Firmware Repository
miryoku_qmk - Miryoku is an ergonomic, minimal, orthogonal, and universal keyboard layout. Miryoku QMK is the Miryoku implementation for QMK.
keyboard-labs - Repo with my PCB designs and keyboard firmware
bancouver40 - A 4x10 CFX spaced low-profile mechanical keyboard.
awesome-mechanical-keyboard - ⌨️ A curated list of Open Source Mechanical Keyboard resources.
beyblock20 - The magnetic, modular, 20-key macropad that can join together to form an ortholinear board
lumberjack-keyboard - 5x12 ortholinear through-hole component keyboard PCB for standard 60% cases
TypeBeastXDPlus - A 4x10 ortholinear layout focused on text editing and programming
plonck - An attempt at making a planck-compatible pcb with bluetooth
Deskmat - 900 x 400 Deskmat model/Blender file for keyboard rendering scenes
kotonoha_keyboards - awesome mechanical keyboard ( 30% )
ursa-minor-keyboard - Design and schematics for the ursaminor keyboard
Contra vs zmk
banime40 vs miryoku_qmk
Contra vs keyboard-labs
banime40 vs bancouver40
Contra vs awesome-mechanical-keyboard
banime40 vs beyblock20
Contra vs lumberjack-keyboard
banime40 vs TypeBeastXDPlus
Contra vs plonck
banime40 vs Deskmat
Contra vs kotonoha_keyboards
banime40 vs ursa-minor-keyboard