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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/45765963
The design is based on the excellent Dactyl keyboard, generated with https://ryanis.cool/cosmos/ and it runs the excellent qmk firmware. It is handwired:
and I have also made a palm support using inkscape and openscad
All printed on a reprap prusa i3 derivative.
This helps me use my computer with less pain, so I want to call out all the wonderful projects and people who contribute to them which made it possible.
Total cost? $60 aud, amortised filament ~15 bucks worth maybe? and a lot of my time haha.
Super neat. What are those knobs for?
What kind of switches did you choose?
Knobs are for knobby things. QMK is extremely configurable. Sometimes they are volume, sometimes seeking, sometimes mouse x and y, sometimes scroll wheel, sometimes keyboard arrows, mostly decorative.
MX browns. I am distinctly not obsessed with keyboards. I just like being able to use computers in postures that don't hurt.
The anti-trackball.
I have a trackball, but for pixel perfect placement etc. The knobs help me draw badly with more precision.
What did you program your knobs to do? All of the above?
indeed. Layers like an onion or an ogre.