cantor
Cantor keyboard, a 42 key diodeless split keyboard. (by diepala)
balbuzard
A 36-key ergonomic keyboard with more wingspan (by brow)
| cantor | balbuzard | |
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| 34 | 5 | |
| 561 | 61 | |
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| 4.8 | 0.0 | |
| 6 months ago | almost 2 years ago | |
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| GNU General Public License v3.0 only | MIT License |
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cantor
Posts with mentions or reviews of cantor.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-13.
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Corne, but with a wider thumb cluster and stronger column stagger?
There are a few things that are close: * The Cantor/Piantor: more aggressive stagger and slightly changed thumb cluster. * The Swept Corne: essentially a big sweep. * The Hillside 46/48: This comes in many forms which are very similar to what you are looking for. Essentially an extra aggressive stagger (and perhaps splayed) Corne with a bigger thumb cluster.
- With enough GPIO pins, can I skip diodes?
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Cheapest way to try Miryoku style layout
Depending on how comfortable you are ordering PCBs yourself, the Cantor (https://github.com/diepala/cantor ) or the Cheapino (https://github.com/tompi/cheapino ) might be a good starting point for getting into split keyboards, both are diodeless, so you only need to solder the switches and use relatively cheap microcontrollers
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My corne swept with handmade oak case
The Corne caught my eye first, but I ended up starting with a Cantor, which has more stagger, like OP's keyboard. It didn't work for me. The Corne works better for me.
- MRIYA
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Optimising Colemak DH for Programming
cantor
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What are the best designs to cheap out? E.g. Reviung34 only needs 1 controller.
Cantor by DiePala, Choc, diodeless, cheap “Black pill” mcu, requires two. Caseless/plateless. Pcb is reversible, but you’ll need trrs cable and Jack.
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Adding millmax to non-swappable PCB
I have 2 hand-wired keyboards with cherry style switches, and I decided to build a Cantor (diodeless, Corne-like with more pinky stagger) to try a PCB build and the Kailh choc v1 switches for a first time.
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Does the Lily58 have the same floating PCB problem of the Sofle?
several of the low-profile / Choc boards (ex. Cantor) go the plateless and caseless route with nothing more than rubber bumpers on the bottom of the PCB
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How do I get started with KiCad for customizing an existing, open source layout?
Cantor – low profile
balbuzard
Posts with mentions or reviews of balbuzard.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-26.
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Keyboards with pinkie clusters
(The Balbuzzard and Osprette are also interesting, but I think I wanna stay with a split keeb for now)
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Keyboard for crooked fingers?
move top pinky key out and down – Azimuth, Balbuzard, Osprette
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How do I get started with KiCad for customizing an existing, open source layout?
Balbuzard – more angle
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[GB] Announcing the Opsrette Group Buy! (From Today until Halloween)
I've personally been using 36 or fewer keys for at least half a year now, and have always enjoyed the comfort provided by the minimalism of 5 column keebs. However, no matter how far the pinkies go down (whether Corne or Ferris pinky stagger), it seems that I can't quite reach all of the pinky keys without having to move my whole arm with the pinky to reach the top row. By taking inspiration from Brow's Balbuzard, I found that moving the pinkies to the unused 6th column combined with choc spacing means that every single key was now within comfortable reach without having to give up the 30 key alpha layer that most modern keyboards maintain (read: the alpha keys with comma and whatnot).
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I stood my trackpad upright to keep it closer at hand
This guy: https://github.com/brow/balbuzard
What are some alternatives?
When comparing cantor and balbuzard you can also consider the following projects:
torn - Torn keyboard
osprette - 34-key unibody keyboard with pinky clusters
piantor - The Piantor Keyboard is a beginner-friendly, easy-to-solder, 42-key or 36-key, diodeless, low profile aggressive column staggered, hotswappable and non-hotswappable, programmable ergonomic mechanical split keyboard powered by Raspberry Pi Pico or other compatible RP2040 boards. It is based on the Cantor Keyboard.
zmk - ZMK Firmware Repository
Wubbo - 34-key split keyboard with pinky cluster
Sweep - Sweep - a small promicro based keyboard inspired by the Ferris.
TOTEM - TOTEM is a 38 keys column-staggered split keyboard. It meant to be used with a SEEED XIAO BLE or RP2040
crkbd - Corne keyboard, a split keyboard with 3x6 column staggered keys and 3 thumb keys.
sephirette - 34-key split keyboard with pinky clusters
eternal-keypad - A 36 key gaming keypad, for both right and left handed mouse users.