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Title: Split ergo keyboard concept
Post by: Netsu on Mon, 03 September 2012, 10:03:21

(http://i.imgur.com/INcMR.png)

Title: Re: Split ergo keyboard concept
Post by: Icarium on Mon, 03 September 2012, 10:12:14

Hm, I'd say there is too much pinkywork.

Edit: Do you have any 6x7 boards available you want to build this with?

Title: Re: Split ergo keyboard concept
Post by: Netsu on Mon, 03 September 2012, 10:57:19

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pinkywork

Got used, I'm a emacs user :D
And seriously — I'll be grateful to any feedback and critique.
Suggest an alternative solutions?

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Do you have any 6x7 boards available you want to build this with?

Nope, I don't. But plan to order their development yet.
By the way, can you tell me where I can find information about the required opensource microcontroller with usb port for programmable keyboard? Whether there is an established standard?
P.S. : Please excuse my poor English  :rolleyes:

Title: Re: Split ergo keyboard concept
Post by: jwaz on Mon, 03 September 2012, 12:41:41

Have seen the ErgoDox? It's in the process of coming to fruition. It will be fully remap-able and will be available in kits. Check it out!

Title: Re: Split ergo keyboard concept
Post by: Netsu on Mon, 03 September 2012, 12:58:17

ErgoDex has no mechanical keyswitches, alas.

Title: Re: Split ergo keyboard concept
Post by: Djuzuh on Mon, 03 September 2012, 13:13:10

Quote from: Netsu on Mon, 03 September 2012, 12:58:17

ErgoDex has no mechanical keyswitches, alas.

he talked about ergodox.

Check is out, it's a userdriven project on this forum.

Title: Re: Split ergo keyboard concept
Post by: Netsu on Mon, 03 September 2012, 13:17:43

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he talked about ergodox.

Check is out, it's a userdriven project on this forum.

Thanks and sorry for mistake! :)

Title: Re: Split ergo keyboard concept
Post by: Icarium on Mon, 03 September 2012, 13:40:46

I still like your idea because with Tipros it could be created quite cheaply.

Title: Re: Split ergo keyboard concept
Post by: pyro on Mon, 03 September 2012, 13:49:58

Space position seems weird. Why is it so far left and not in the bottom row?

Title: Re: Split ergo keyboard concept
Post by: Icarium on Mon, 03 September 2012, 15:59:37

Not in the bottom row is fine if you chose the right heights for your caps.

Title: Re: Split ergo keyboard concept
Post by: Netsu on Mon, 03 September 2012, 16:36:13

Variant with less pinkywork ^{( but a few ugly maybe ? )}
(http://i.imgur.com/XjDVc.png)

UPD: Both keyboard layouts are designed to support both Dvorak (Programmer Dvorak too) and Qwerty.

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Not in the bottom row is fine if you chose the right heights for your caps.

You read my mind!

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Space position seems weird. Why is it so far left and not in the bottom row?

Right and bottom place is occupied by the modifier keys, because they are used in combinations with other buttons. And they a shorter then spacebar. While the spacebar is directly under the letter keys.

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I still like your idea because with Tipros it could be created quite cheaply.

Thanks, it seems a good idea!

Title: Re: Split ergo keyboard concept
Post by: Pyrolistical on Wed, 05 September 2012, 20:56:40

Very similar to my keyboard layout: http://pyrolistical.github.com/blog/2012/08/11/full-custom-keypoard/

Title: Re: Split ergo keyboard concept
Post by: Netsu on Thu, 06 September 2012, 11:12:36

Nice! Like your design and implementation, and also like to use trackpad too  :cool:. And can you tell me where you ordered keycaps, plz?

Title: Re: Split ergo keyboard concept
Post by: Pyrolistical on Thu, 06 September 2012, 14:51:37

I took half from a das keyboard and the rest I just ordered them from wasd keyboard.

It was expensive but fine for a one off kb

Title: Re: Split ergo keyboard concept
Post by: Lanx on Sat, 08 September 2012, 02:23:10

you should line up 1/q and p/0 to keep the maxtrix layout

Title: Re: Split ergo keyboard concept
Post by: Netsu on Thu, 13 September 2012, 21:25:03

Inspired by Maltron and ErgoDox:
(http://i.imgur.com/Suzos.png)

...but this's quite another keyboard layout  :)


Or a bit simplified:
(http://i.imgur.com/a7La7.png)

Title: Re: Split ergo keyboard concept
Post by: Netsu on Tue, 02 October 2012, 06:45:24

And yet another split matrix keylayout idea:
(http://i.imgur.com/Hdswy.png)