crkbd VS miryoku

I admire the Corne layout and hope to mirror its measurements. More details here.

I've been inspired by projects like Corne Ultralight, Urchin, and Brain. I like how these boards have wireless first.

I found PCB templates on https://github.com/petejohanson/crkbd/tree/board/corne-ultralight/corne-ultralight and I modified them in Kicad by adding some art. As I ordered more than I needed, I could sell you one. PM me if you want some.

PCB based on https://github.com/petejohanson/crkbd/tree/board/corne-ultralight/corne-ultralight

corne-classic (JP/EN): Corne for Cherry MX switches

Corne Ultralight

I think the easiest way to do this build is by using this corne ultralight pcb. If you can use this PCB it will make your life much easier, it already has native support for nice!view and power switch and you won't need any wires.

I wanted a wireless crkbd, so I took petejohanson's ultralight corne mod and modded it even further — I added MX/Choc hot socket mounts. I used Freerouting app to wire the PCB automatically. It doesn't look pretty but DRC doesn't report any big issues.

i have a build with the pcbs from pete johanson(https://github.com/petejohanson/crkbd/tree/board/corne-ultralight)

Column stagger is the same but spacing differs as this one is choc spaced. It should be about the same as Corn Ish Zen 3 or Pete Johanson's Corne Ultralight. I'm getting the same question from others so I'm trying to incorporate the Borne into https://jhelvy.shinyapps.io/splitkbcompare/ :)

I've seen https://github.com/manna-harbour/miryoku but it doesn't appear to be easily modified.

A 75% keyboard still require quite a lot of wrist movement, which is not ideal in your situation. It's better to learn to use layers, you could still have all the function keys and such with a 36 or 34 keys. With with such a small keyboard you don't need to move your wrist while typing. A Corne or even a Ferris Sweep can do the job with a proper keymap, like Miryoku.

If you prefer to have semicolon on Base you'd substitute custom Base, Nav, and Sym layers, swapping semicolon and slash, with https://github.com/manna-harbour/miryoku/discussions/85.

The Miryoku layout [1] has a dedicated number layer which turns the left half into a number pad. Practical (once you get used to it) and portable.

[1] https://github.com/manna-harbour/miryoku

It's understandable if some people would prefer a larger layout. I wouldn't argue people should be using smaller keyboards.

It's "I don't mind moving my hand to hit the key" vs "I don't mind holding down some Fn key to hit the key". (Or with F1-F12 on Macbooks, you need to both hold down a Fn key and move your hand).

For an example of "36 keys ... how", I think the popular miryoku layout is fascinating. https://github.com/manna-harbour/miryoku/tree/master/docs/re... -- Often, mnemonics for particular keys aren't all that complicated.

Except for those who use Miryoku, which is not optimized for software development, probably every single person here will have its own custom keymap.

The keyboard on the other desk is a wireless Corne low profile kit I built up a while back using a couple nice!nano controllers and their low power display too. For general typing I don't have much of a problem going back and forth between the two, but the Corne is only 34 keys and I use a complex layout called Miryoku to get access to most symbols and functions I have by default on my 360.