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Ergonomic, split and other weird keyboards

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Keep it ergo

Posts must be of/about keyboards that have a clear delineation between the left and right halves of the keyboard, column stagger, or both. This includes one-handed (one half doesn't exist, what clearer delineation is that!?)

i.e. no regular non-split¹ row-stagger and no non-split¹ ortholinear²

¹ split meaning a separation of the halves, whether fixed in place or entirely separate, both are fine.
² ortholinear meaning keys layed out in a grid

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This subreddit is not a marketplace, please post on r/mechmarket or other relevant marketplace.

Some useful links

EMK wiki
Split keyboard compare tool
Compare keycap profiles Looking for another set of keycaps - check this site to compare the different keycap profiles https://www.keycaps.info/
Keymap database A database with all kinds of keymap layouts - some of them fits ergo keyboards - get inspired https://keymapdb.com/

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Bending the community rules with this post (keeb.lol)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Technically not an ergo board, but in it's current setup I'm using it as a one handed gamepad. That makes it ergo, right?

After a year off from gaming, I've been itching to play. While designing some sort of gamepad, I realized I had basically already designed what I was wanting - Chaz.

After tossing ZMK and an adjusted keymap on it, I think it'll work well enough while I think about what I really want in a gamepad. If, for some godawful reason, you want one of these - I've got a few kits up on my site or if you think you want five of this abomination, it's Open Source.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

This is like the mega bloks of keyboards

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

one handed gamepad. That makes it ergo, right?

i'll allow it

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's got split space bar, it counts!
It's a hilarious board layout but I can see how this could be a left half of am asymmetric split ergo.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

i was going to ask, but this makes a lot more sense. my issue with the one hand boards was the number of keys some games will use in active play

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

This is similar to a "Minecraft layer" I added to my last split ergo keyboard. I got all the keys I needed on to the left half. I did it by making a second row of numbers across the top and moving the other rows down. Seeing the number pad on the right here makes me wonder if I should try that design instead.

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