keyboard-labs
Repo with my PCB designs and keyboard firmware (by rgoulter)
cheapis
By dotleon
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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.
cheapis
Posts with mentions or reviews of cheapis.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-09-25.
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Unibody/Unsplit/Monoblock Cheapino alternative?
I was thinking something along the lines of the cheapis, but not held together by the MCU and made of one PCB.
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Cheapino: the cheapest split?
technically, cheapest for several fab shops is if you can get PCB under 100mm × 100mm (ex. Cheapis and bgkeeb)
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What are the best designs to cheap out? E.g. Reviung34 only needs 1 controller.
If you're looking for something very cheap /u/PM_ME_YOUR_MAINFRAME recently posted their Cheapis keyboard.
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Recommend me a 34 keys DIY split keyboard for my use case.
PCB: Which PCB is good for me? A margin-space keys keyboard or no-margin-space keyboard? In the 1st photo of the Sweep, there is no margin space between keys. However, Urchin and Cheapis have margin space between keys. I am using Thinkpad X1 Carbon and Framework Laptop. And I am more comfortable with a keyboard with margin spaces between keys. However, I want to know the benefit of the no-margin-space keyboard, and how easy it's to get used to.
- Cheapis! A very cheap alternative to ferris and sweep. Good for experimenting with a 34 key layout.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing keyboard-labs and cheapis you can also consider the following projects:
Sweep - Sweep - a small promicro based keyboard inspired by the Ferris.
cheapino
Contra - Contra - Lowest cost ortholinear keyboard kit possible
CrowBoard - Single Board 34/36 Keyboard
bgkeeb
zmk-config-nine - ZMK config and keymap for the Nine keyboard
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.
dracuLad - QMK-powered 34-36 key split keyboard
musubi - Super thin 38 key split keyboard using Kailh X switches