keyboard-tools
Tools for mechanical keyboard design (by adamws)
kicad-kbplacer
KiCad plugin for automatic keyboard's key placement and routing (by adamws)
| keyboard-tools | kicad-kbplacer | |
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| 1 | 4 | |
| 70 | 296 | |
| - | - | |
| 8.4 | 9.5 | |
| about 1 month ago | 5 days ago | |
| Python | Python | |
| MIT License | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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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-tools
Posts with mentions or reviews of keyboard-tools.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-25.
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KiCad plugin for mechanical keyboard design
there is more. This plugin is a base for another, slightly more experimental tool of mine: https://github.com/adamws/keyboard-tools which I host of lowest tier linode server accessible here: https://keyboard-tools.xyz/
kicad-kbplacer
Posts with mentions or reviews of kicad-kbplacer.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-25.
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KiCad plugin for mechanical keyboard design
You can see it in action in tests here (remember to expand rows too see results) or by some examples here
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Let's Design a Keyboard with Ergogen v4: Introduction – FlatFootFox
I developed something similar (PCB only, no cases) as KiCad plugin: https://github.com/adamws/kicad-kbplacer - it uses layouts from keyboard-layout-editor.com as input.
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Been working on this one for a while
Once you get the hang of that, you can try using a tool to automate the key positioning stuff. There's a tool that repositions your keys given a KLE json (https://github.com/adamws/kicad-kbplacer and I used to use one called "Keyboard Layouter"), and there's a tool to actually generate the skeleton project for you as well (https://github.com/jeroen94704/klepcbgen). Just make sure you have a hang of KiCAD, footprints, symbols, etc before you dive too deep.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing keyboard-tools and kicad-kbplacer you can also consider the following projects:
beyblock20 - The magnetic, modular, 20-key macropad that can join together to form an ortholinear board
Keyboard-Layout-Editor-for-Blender - Allows you to import keyboard layouts into blender and render them in 3d
openrgb.nvim - Bring RGB to life in Neovim
dactyl-configurator - Generate Dactyl keyboard designs from your browser.
python-keyboard - A hand-wired USB & Bluetooth keyboard powered by Python and more
ergoslab - Design files for a 52-key, split, columnar staggered mechanical keyboard