keyboard-labs
Repo with my PCB designs and keyboard firmware (by rgoulter)
CrowBoard
Single Board 34/36 Keyboard (by doesntfazer)
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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.
keyboard-labs
Posts with mentions or reviews of keyboard-labs.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-11.
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Budget Split Keyboard
- Here's a build guide https://github.com/rgoulter/keyboard-labs/blob/master/docs/buildguide_rev2021.4_budget.md / video log https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhKnluxdRtA
- CH552-48: 4x12 Ortho using Low-cost CH552 MCU
- What are the best designs to cheap out? E.g. Reviung34 only needs 1 controller.
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Gaming with Trackball vs Mouse Comparison
Ah, it's a custom PCB design https://github.com/rgoulter/keyboard-labs/ and the design takes a clear inspiration from the Lumberjack PCB https://github.com/peej/lumberjack-keyboard
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If you can't be good, be colorful
Keyboard. Keycaps are MDA profile from Melgeek. Keyboard PCB is custom PCB. https://github.com/rgoulter/keyboard-labs Devboard is a WeAct Studio MiniF4 "Blackpill", which runs Arm (so allows e.g. firmware with Rust, or KMK, or more bells/whistles from QMK).
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Finding SN74LVC1T45DBV replacement for 3.3 to 5V logic
Hi, I'm planning on building a mechanical keyboard and found this SN74LVC1T45DBV in the schematic which is used to convert a 3.3v signal to 5v so that the RGB LEDs receive data reliably, as per component shortage those are hard to find and quite expensive since I just need two and it doesn't seem that critical to me (low current and common voltage from 3.3 to 5) but I don't know how to look for an alternative do you have any suggestion on how to look for one other than footprint (sot-23-6in this case) as I don't really understand enough on this datasheet to find one myself and this is the last part to find before ordering the electronics. If that matters I'm buying most of the electronics from china (to avoid 20€ shipping from mouser and similar for just basic components) and mechanics from another site. I think it's on-topic but if it's not feel free to remove the post
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Lumberjack-inspired ARM-powered Ortho 5x12 in GH-60 Case
Gerbers and lasercutting assets can be found at: https://github.com/rgoulter/keyboard-labs/releases/tag/x2-rev2021.1 (with sources to generate these made available in the main repo).
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bgkeeb - cheap (or free!) split pcb with a lot of features! see post comment for details
Ah, I hope it's not too rude of me to say I'd had a go at designing a keyboard to a similar spec. https://github.com/rgoulter/keyboard-labs/releases/
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Questions about hand wired board
I recently made a low-budget build, + wrote a build guide here: https://github.com/rgoulter/keyboard-labs/blob/master/docs/buildguide_rev2021.4_budget.md There are a number of sub-100x100mm PCBs which would be similarly cheap. Not quite as cheap as hand-wired, but much less effort required.
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cost of building
https://github.com/rgoulter/keyboard-labs/ I have a design which is also smaller than 100x100, but use a more powerful dev board than the pro micro.
CrowBoard
Posts with mentions or reviews of CrowBoard.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-02-04.
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Is there a joined corne?
More like corne mini but I really dig the CrowBoard!
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Diagnostics on Keyboard PCB Shorting A Key
I'm having an issue on my Crowboard build that one of the switches is shorted pressed even with the switch and diode removed. I've tried multiple raspberry pi picos to prove that wasn't the issue at least.
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What are the best designs to cheap out? E.g. Reviung34 only needs 1 controller.
I’m really digging the crowboard by Doesntfazer (keyboardDweebs.net). 36 keys, one mcu (pi pico, way better than the pro micro and has more memory, cheaper too and is available on Amazon). STL files for case is available. Pre made vial firmware available as well. Only downside is that you’ll need to solder some diodes. Other than that it’s pretty cheap to make and put one together. You can go caseless/plateless.
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Keyboard Dweebs migration over to Shopify is a success! Crowboard's are IN STOCK!
Good news! Keyboard Dweebs is an open source/GNU company. Files are here. You're welcome to get them make them, and even sell them.
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my work setup is starting to look pretty awesome! New Deskmat
I updated the build guide last night if you wanna check it out. My pcb vendor just shipped those out this morning, so I am hoping I get them in sometime in the next week? As soon as those come in, I will ship out all the backorders. Usually shipping isn't more than a week.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing keyboard-labs and CrowBoard you can also consider the following projects:
Sweep - Sweep - a small promicro based keyboard inspired by the Ferris.
kmk_firmware - Clackety Keyboards Powered by Python
Contra - Contra - Lowest cost ortholinear keyboard kit possible
Keyboard-Dweebs-Firmware-repository - Firmware files for keyboard dweebs keyboards.
bgkeeb
36keys - Keyboard pcbs with 36key or less?
cantor - Cantor keyboard, a 42 key diodeless split keyboard.
keygen - An(other) algorithm for generating optimal keyboard layouts.
qmk_firmware - Open-source keyboard firmware for Atmel AVR and Arm USB families
dracuLad - QMK-powered 34-36 key split keyboard
cheapis
keyboard-labs vs Sweep
CrowBoard vs kmk_firmware
keyboard-labs vs Contra
CrowBoard vs Keyboard-Dweebs-Firmware-repository
keyboard-labs vs bgkeeb
CrowBoard vs bgkeeb
keyboard-labs vs 36keys
CrowBoard vs cantor
keyboard-labs vs keygen
CrowBoard vs qmk_firmware
keyboard-labs vs dracuLad
CrowBoard vs cheapis