crkbd VS thinkeys

I am trying to make a driver board for a trackpoint module. I have been following the instructions in the GitHub repository (https://github.com/manna-harbour/crkbd/tree/master/trackpoint) and found some helpful pictures (https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipN-g61hYbBhwOErVaDARWP4fk5UqttkEkYN1Qzg_oO31v05qlJ-Y73XoyO_E6Bccw?key=RU5qcXplN3dXV1BnME42QnlFS0RwRlVaODQ1Z3hB) and blog post (https://rfong.github.io/rflog/2021/10/26/r61-trackpoint-pt2/) as well.

https://github.com/manna-harbour/crkbd/tree/master/trackpoint,

Ever since the illustrious /u/manna_harbour started sharing corne builds with integrated trackpoints, I'd been on the lookout for a way to get an integrated pointing device, but with my limited (or non-existent) hardware skills, it always seemed out of reach. Enter /u/sadekbaroudi and his faux fox keyboard (ffkb). For the first time, I found a kit which looked like it could bring integrated pointing to the masses with the cirque touchpad, and my resolve was finally broken. I caved and made my first purchase in two years. The fingerpunch discord community has proven to be an awesome and helpful place, as they've provided endless support with tweaking the cirque and debugging any firmware issues that have arisen (which have honestly been pretty limited for me).

You could do it like this: crkbd hotswap trackpoint. ThinkPad keyboard modules can be found on AliExpress for around USD10, but if you have to find the right model if you want to disassemble the trackpoint module to fit completely in that space.

Excellent, glad it helped! If you do want to add a trackpoint to complete the ThinkPad look, you can do it like this. For lowpro you can rearrange the components a bit to reduce the height.

I only succeeded thanks to /u/manna_harbour and his [guide](https://github.com/manna-harbour/crkbd/blob/master/trackpoint/readme.org) for corne.

A few links: https://github.com/manna-harbour/crkbd/blob/master/trackpoint/readme.org https://community.keyboard.io/t/trackpoint-mod-ii-a-new-guide/3663 https://beta.docs.qmk.fm/using-qmk/hardware-features/feature_ps2_mouse

Only other one I'm aware of is ThinKeys, mechanical replacement for the keyboard in some thinkpad versions. Though it uses kailh X switches which are notoriously very bad, still cool to see.

The only thing I would love to see is a keyboard mod for something ergonomic. Something like the ThinKeys project, or the pineapple60 project. I'm not sure if I have the time, but maybe I could try my hand at prototyping something, if Framework has the relevant specs open-sourced and documented somewhere?

I know there's been some other drop-in lenovo ergo keyboard efforts like https://modulo.industries/ (see their reddit post in https://www.reddit.com/r/ErgoMechKeyboards/comments/n8ouqi/ic_thinkeys_13_split_ortho_with_trackpoint_for/ ) - was tempted to go this route at one point but heard some concerns about the reliability of kailh x switches.

GitHub

You may be interested in the ThinkKeys project. Other than that as someone else has commented kail choc switches and a DIY kit like splitkb.com kyria gets you pretty close, but you'll also be getting linear plus columnar stagger which is better, but will differ from your thinkpad. Kail choc red feel pretty good to me and I also like my thinkpad switches. There's also kail low profile butterfly switches which are truly laptop switches but I've never seen anyone actually use them in a DIY build.

I've been dreaming for an ortho laptop with a trackpoint for quite some time now, and I only know of the thinkeys (github) as a similar project. You might be interested in how he integrated a trackpoint in his design!