Jesse Vincent's homebrew ergo boards -- sporting retro set caps!

[mkawa]

http://blog.fsck.com/2013/12/better-and-better-keyboards.html

cool stuff!

[SpAmRaY]

Is this guy a geekhacker? If not he needs to be!

[jwaz]

Is this guy a geekhacker? If not he needs to be!

He has a Retro set so...
Wonder why he hasn't made a thread?

[yasuo]

i want to know
how he cut the plate so neat

[mkawa]

yah, that retro set came from ron's office. surprised he didn't mention the ergodox. his rev 2 is basically a dox

[obra]

Is this guy a geekhacker? If not he needs to be!

Yep, I am.

yah, that retro set came from ron's office. surprised he didn't mention the ergodox. his rev 2 is basically a dox

Mostly because I covered the ErgoDox in some depth in my previous posts on the topic:

http://blog.fsck.com/2012/12/building-a-keyboard-part-1.html
http://blog.fsck.com/2012/12/building-a-keyboard-part-2.html

i want to know
how he cut the plate so neat

Lasercutter. dangerawesome.co in Cambridge, MA

[codyeatworld]

I was wondering who was behind http://launch.keyboard.io/

Is this guy a geekhacker? If not he needs to be!

Yeah! im surprised hes not already on here.

[SpAmRaY]

Is this guy a geekhacker? If not he needs to be!

Yep, I am.

yah, that retro set came from ron's office. surprised he didn't mention the ergodox. his rev 2 is basically a dox

Mostly because I covered the ErgoDox in some depth in my previous posts on the topic:

http://blog.fsck.com/2012/12/building-a-keyboard-part-1.html
http://blog.fsck.com/2012/12/building-a-keyboard-part-2.html

i want to know
how he cut the plate so neat

Lasercutter. dangerawesome.co in Cambridge, MA

Awesome!! glad mkawa stumbled across your page!! You should consider posting in the DIY section!!

[obra]

I was wondering who was behind http://launch.keyboard.io/

I'm pretty sure I posted that heart shaped keyboard somewhere on geekhack last spring

[SpAmRaY]

I was wondering who was behind http://launch.keyboard.io/

I'm pretty sure I posted that heart shaped keyboard somewhere on geekhack last spring

Things get lost really easily around here....

[CPTBadAss]

This blog is a lot of fun to read. I like seeing the development through the lens of a programmer. I have the opposite situation: I'm better with the mechanical/hardware side of keyboards than the programming side.

And I like how the design for manufacture problem crops up in hobbies. I have to deal with that a lot at work too. Still reading through all your blogs XD. Oh and I like the latest iteration being butterfly shaped .

Oh and your keyboards and their iterations are fantastic. I hope you keep posting/working on these ^__^.

[obra]

Today's update:



Only made one catastrophic error when designing the PCB

[obra]

This blog is a lot of fun to read. I like seeing the development through the lens of a programmer. I have the opposite situation: I'm better with the mechanical/hardware side of keyboards than the programming side.

It turns out that there's great opensource firmware these days. If you pick a standard microcontroller and build neat hardware, firmware will not be an issue.

Oh and your keyboards and their iterations are fantastic. I hope you keep posting/working on these ^__^.

Thank you!

[Oobly]

Today's update:

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Only made one catastrophic error when designing the PCB

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Very nice! Please post a design / build log of this one if you find the time / inclination. It looks like a winner (even though I do prefer angled thumb buttons and tenting, but you have to have separate PCB's then).

If I may ask, which character layout do you use?

[kurplop]

I've been following your progress since your first ErgoDox build and I've been in awe by how quickly you've learned and applied all the disciplines necessary to get you to this point.

 It's nice to see radially placed thumb keys on your design. I've been playing around with the concept and think it's a winner. The only snag is its ideal radius and placement may be somewhat hand specific.

I like it.

[obra]

Very nice! Please post a design / build log of this one if you find the time / inclination. It looks like a winner

Thanks! I'm starting to hit the point where I may need to be a little bit circumspect about what I post, since I'm heading toward something I hope to produce commercially, but you'll see something about this once it's done.

(even though I do prefer angled thumb buttons and tenting, but you have to have separate PCB's then).

I prefer tenting, too. But I'm at the point where I need to take into account what I'll be able to get produced in quantity for a sane cost.

If I may ask, which character layout do you use?

I..still type QWERTY, though the keyboard also speaks Dvorak, Colemak, Workman and a variant of Maltron.

[obra]

I've been following your progress since your first ErgoDox build and I've been in awe by how quickly you've learned and applied all the disciplines necessary to get you to this point.

 It's nice to see radially placed thumb keys on your design. I've been playing around with the concept and think it's a winner. The only snag is its ideal radius and placement may be somewhat hand specific.

I like it.

Thanks! It's definitely been an adventure coming up to speed with the full skill-set I've needed to date. Though I'm told that I've now done the easy 20% -- I've built one and need to make "lots"

The nice thing about using larger keys for the thumb keys is that they're pretty forgiving of differing hand sizes. So far, it hasn't proven to be more of a problem than the vertical staggering of the various columns.

[yasuo]

I see you make design split like m15,may you can try make like Cherry MX5000 i think it nice also