cheapino VS bgkeeb

The cheapino is super cheap: https://github.com/tompi/cheapino

If you're looking for a 40s Ergo Split, then the Cheapino is really cheap: https://github.com/tompi/cheapino/ (though you have to source parts & PCB yourself + soldering required)

Is there a project similar to the cheapino with a similar goal of offering a DIY cost-effective monoblock 34/36 key keyboard?

inspired by the cheapino

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

If money is a big concern, you could look for cheaper style boards like this one designed specifically to be on the cheaper side: https://github.com/tompi/cheapino

Here is the link to the project: https://github.com/tompi/cheapino

Baby Groot Keyboard ( https://github.com/sadekbaroudi/bgkeeb ) Fits in the cheap 100mm*100mm offers with most PCB manufacturers.

technically, cheapest for several fab shops is if you can get PCB under 100mm × 100mm (ex. Cheapis and bgkeeb)

as a comparison, bgkeeb is another 100×100mm board that manages to fit everything in using MX spacing

https://github.com/sadekbaroudi/bgkeeb should be fairly cheap to produce. I ordered some from JLC and they cost about 4$. Plates came in at 6$ although you could probably just solder the switches without a plate.

There is a choc supported version, although I'm not sure it's choc spaced: https://github.com/sadekbaroudi/bgkeeb/releases/tag/v2.0-choc

This is my latest mechanical keyboard build project, called bgkeeb(baby groot keyboard), made by /u/sadekbaroudi .

This is the bgkeeb