keyboard-labs
Repo with my PCB designs and keyboard firmware (by rgoulter)
Contra
Contra - Lowest cost ortholinear keyboard kit possible (by ai03-2725)
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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.
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
What are some alternatives?
When comparing keyboard-labs and Contra you can also consider the following projects:
Sweep - Sweep - a small promicro based keyboard inspired by the Ferris.
zmk - ZMK Firmware Repository
bgkeeb
awesome-mechanical-keyboard - ⌨️ A curated list of Open Source Mechanical Keyboard resources.
36keys - Keyboard pcbs with 36key or less?
lumberjack-keyboard - 5x12 ortholinear through-hole component keyboard PCB for standard 60% cases
keygen - An(other) algorithm for generating optimal keyboard layouts.
plonck - An attempt at making a planck-compatible pcb with bluetooth
dracuLad - QMK-powered 34-36 key split keyboard
kotonoha_keyboards - awesome mechanical keyboard ( 30% )
scsbaf40 - Staggered Columns Split Budget AF 40% ergonomic keyboard
keyboard-labs vs Sweep
Contra vs zmk
keyboard-labs vs bgkeeb
Contra vs awesome-mechanical-keyboard
keyboard-labs vs 36keys
Contra vs lumberjack-keyboard
keyboard-labs vs keygen
Contra vs plonck
keyboard-labs vs dracuLad
Contra vs kotonoha_keyboards
keyboard-labs vs lumberjack-keyboard
Contra vs scsbaf40