chocofi VS miryoku

Hello guys! I recently got a chocofi:

I'm having a lot of trouble to set up my chocofi bought from beekeeb.

I am not sure if I expressed myself correctly. Take a look at chocofi keyboard; the microcontroller is not covered by anything. What is my concern here then? I use lead-free solder and I clean the flux with rubbing alcohol.

- [chocofi](https://github.com/pashutk/chocofi) / [fifi](https://github.com/raychengy/fifi\_split\_keeb)

I decided to upgrade from the ferris sweep that I built not too long ago to a wireless chocofi. I did some quick maths and saw that it would be cheaper for me to order the parts myself rather that buying a kit online, and as my parts have been coming I decided to check on the PCB. I used the gerber from https://github.com/pashutk/chocofi when placing my order, and the image on the github page shows a chocofi with a battery (I assume its wireless.) but looking at the gerber file I dont see a space on the board for an on off switch? I am new to wireless builds and have been trying to find resources online but wasnt able to find much at all. Any insights would be appreciated, thanks!

I find the chocofi to be really nice 👍

If someone wants to buy for $20 the PCB and plate form the chocofi, pls dm me.

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.