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The Group Buy for the Split 60 is Live!

The Split60 is a high end 60% keyboard that is split down the middle. It has been designed with ergonomics in mind whilst also keeping a simple but very loved layout. The Split60 offers many different options to create the perfect custom keyboard for you. Those options include:

Top Case
        - HHKB
        - Winkey (WK)
Case Colour options
        - Black
        - Purple
        - E-Beige
Spacer (the insert in the centre of the board where the board splits)
        - Aluminium (matched to your board colour)
        - Polycarb (allowing LED shine through)[/li][/list]

Each of these options has been chosen after many different design changes and prototypes.

The MX PCB will be supported in VIAL. The EC PCB will be supported in VIA. Both PCBs have been designed to accommodate both 2u and 3u stabs for the spacebars.

Features:
    - Split 60% design
    - HHKB or WK top case
    - 7 degree typing angle
    - Supports MX (hotswap) or EC PCB
    - Brass weights
    - Interchangeable spacers (the insert in the centre of the board where the board splits) to allow LED shine-through
    - Optional tenting support
    - Optional magnet support

Topre/EC

During the design phase of the Split60, we really wanted to create the perfect split EC HHKB keyboard. We feel we were able to achieve that with a lot of blood sweat and tears.

The Split60 supports both an MX and an EC PCB (designed by Cipulot). The EC PCB requires a different plate and specific custom designed EC components from AEBoards. The EC Kit is available to purchase here. You have the option to purchase just the plate, standoffs and EC PCB and the option to add in the additional Naevies switches to have a fully working kit.

Unfortunately due to design constraints, other EC components (such as OEM parts) will not work in this board.

Price: $480 USD

Minimum Order Quantity is 25. If 25 units are not sold, the project will be cancelled and orders will be refunded. There will be VERY few extras ordered for this.

Group Buy Dates: 3rd of July 2025 - 28th of July 2025

Delivery Date: Q4 of 2025

LINK TO BUY: https://mtnkbd.com/products/split60



Discord for updates: https://discord.gg/sbxZQUnfax

Thanks everyone!

0ldMate

Original IC Thread: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=120247.0

EC Build VOD:

It Is Done.

All that is left now is the  FAFO  fallout.

Yep, this one is gonna be nasty too. Although it falls in line with what the wealthy want. They could literally care less if the fallout of them "protecting" their wealth literally destroys the earth itself, they got doomsday bunkers they have to figure out a way to use anyways...

I don't even like TKL's and would still consider this. GLWIC!

you never explained your goal with this board, so i can only assume. i would think that you also want a usb connector, a voltage converter, a crystal for a reasonable clock and support capacitors for every vcc pin of the mcu. also as far as i know the rp2040 is available only in qfn packages which is surface mounted and does not need through holes (apart from the vias for the ground pad). depending on your use case the usb connector is optional, usb fullspeed (12 MHz) works quite well even without good impedance matching, so you can route it off the pcb to another one, just route them as differential pair and care to keep them roughly the same length.